Bryan Stevenson, Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, will speak about the effects of racism, discrimination, and poverty in the American criminal justice system. As founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, a non-profit organization that defends the rights of the poor and people of color in Alabama, Bryan Stevenson and his colleagues do make a difference. Their work has directly helped indigent defendants, death row prisoners, and juveniles denied fair treatment in the legal system.