Symposium tackles race, poverty and change - The Philadelphia Tribune: News

During his opening keynote address, Bryan A. Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and professor of clinical law, New York University Law School reflected on the dynamics that are essential to confronting current challenges.

“It’s worth understanding that there are narratives that defend and sustain all the problems that we are confronting,” Stevenson said.

Bryan A. Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and professor of clinical law, New York University Law School, speaks during the Race, Poverty and Change in America symposium held Thursday at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. — ABDUL SULAYMAN/TRIBUNE CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

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