Book Club - Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson

Hi Book Lovers!

Join us for our next book club meeting, where we'll delve into this beautiful book.

An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned.

Just Mercy tells the story of EJI, from the early days with a small staff facing the nation’s highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice.

One of EJI’s first clients was Walter McMillian, a young Black man who was sentenced to die for the murder of a young white woman that he didn’t commit. The case exemplifies how the death penalty in America is a direct descendant of lynching — a system that treats the rich and guilty better than the poor and innocent.

Newbies Encouraged!
Whether you're a long-time attendee or curious about joining a book club for the first time, we'd love to have you! We're a friendly, informal group who just enjoy chatting about books over a drink. Don't be shy - come along and say hello!

What to do:

• Read (or finish reading!) before the meetup.
• Come along to The Woodstock Arms

Please RSVP so we can get an idea of numbers and know who to look out for.
Looking forward to discussing this engaging book with you all!