Bryan Stevenson

But I do believe we deny ourselves the beauty of justice when we refuse to tell the truth.

On the other side of truth is redemption, restoration, reconciliation.

I don't talk about slavery and lynching and segregation because I want to punish.

I talk about these things because I want us to be liberated from the harm, the burden, the weight that history will continue to carry until we confront it, until we continue to acknowledge it.

And so part of what we're trying to do with these sites is to invite people into a journey of learning that allows us to get to something that feels more like freedom, more like equality, more like justice, which I think is waiting for us.

I do.

I think it's just waiting for us.

All across the globe, I think we have an opportunity to get to something that feels more like freedom, equality, and justice, but we can't get there if we're unwilling to be honest about the harms that hold us back.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Yeah, absolutely.

To get proximate, change narratives of fear and anger, be hopeful, and be willing to do uncomfortable and inconvenient things.

I'm grateful that there are people in the world that are curious about compassion, curious about how we increase the justice quotient, who are willing to be learners and then doers in building a world with more justice, more mercy, and more love.

Thank you.

What an incredible life you have lived.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

I, um...

I feel really privileged in some ways to have been able to do what I've done.

This is wonderful.