Freedom is delicious. Freedom is a gift, not a given. Freedom must be preserved by our positive actions. We are living in challenging times and being called to action to take care of each other with kindness, compassion, empathy, and virtue.

Celebrating the Free and the Brave

Bryan Stevenson

As Ferguson awaits the grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown shooting in Missouri, we speak to attorney Bryan Stevenson, author of the new book, "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption." With growing focus on the failures of the criminal justice system, Stevenson has been fighting those injustices case by case. He is founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a group based in Alabama that represents some of this country's most marginalized people — the poor and the wrongfully convicted. Stevenson has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court six times. In 2012, he won a landmark Supreme Court case that barred states from giving mandatory life sentences without parole to children. The Nobel Prize-winning South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called Stevenson "America's young Mandela." Others have compared him to Atticus Finch, the fearless, fictional hero of Harper Lee's seminal novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Stevenson's book tells many stories, but focuses in particular on his battle to free an African-American man named Walter McMillian, who was falsely convicted and condemned to die for killing a white woman in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Stevenson joins us to discuss his work, the situation in Ferguson, and why he argues that the opposite of poverty is not wealth, but justice. Visit http://democracynow.org to watch the full daily news program, read the transcript, or search our vast online archive. Livestream weekdays 8-9am ET. Livestream weekdays 8-9am ET. Follow Democracy Now! on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Stitcher, SoundCloud, iTunes, TuneIn, Google+ and Pinterest.

"Just Mercy": Bryan Stevenson on Ferguson, Prison Reform & Why the Opposite of Poverty is Justice

Bryan Stevenson is a public-interest lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, which is committed to eliminating bias against the poor and people of color in the criminal justice system. A professor at New York University Law School and a graduate of Harvard Law School, he argued for and won the historic ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for children 17 or younger are unconstitutional. His new book, Just Mercy, profiles the lives of men, women, and children who are at the mercy of a broken criminal justice system.

Bryan Stevenson - Just Mercy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System - 11/25/14

With Katie Kozloff, Jaspen Boothe, Pat Cruz, Lisa Moreno-Dickinson, and Jennifer Walsh. 
During this week's radio show you will learn about:
•The #DefineBrave Campaign from Katie K Active
•Personal Stories of Overcoming Adversity
•Women Entrepreneurs Making a Difference: Pride & Glory and Mind.Body.Spirit EXPERIENCE
•Explore Non-Profits: FinalSaluteInc.org and StopCAIDNow.org


#DefineBrave = The Courage to Stand in Truth & Express Freedom

During this weeks radio show you will learn about:
- Happiness as a fundamental part of the foundation of the Declaration of Independence
- The pursuit of happiness as an unalienable right
- Concept of happiness and how it is tied to civic responsibility
- The power of volunteering
- Personal activism
- How the average person can play a role in our local and regional governments

The Pursuit of Happiness with with Former Congressman Marty Russo and Douglas Kmiec

During this week’s radio show you will learn about:
- Identifying the Flaws and Initiating Change Within the US Legal System
- Why the Letter of the Law Can Become Irrelevant
- What Can Be Done to Enable Our Legal System to Operate the Way It Was Meant To
- The Purpose and Place of Compassion Within the Justice System
- Changes That Can Happen on a Local Level

Independence from Injustice: A Look at Our Legal System With Adam Benforado and Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson Podcast

Bryan Stevenson (2/24/17)

In this week’s episode you will learn about: 
⦾ Redefining women’s roles & capabilities
⦾ Additional challenges faced by women soldiers 
⦾ Sexual trauma in the military
⦾ Accommodating the needs of female soldiers in the civilian world

Harvesting Happiness

Very Special Forces: Women Soldiers in Combat and at Home

In this week’s episode you will learn about:
⦾ The fragmented self and how to restore your inner life
⦾ Pussyhats and modern feminism
⦾ The role of emotional literacy in civic power
⦾ Shifting, stirring and creating change

Pussyhats and Other Symbols of Strength:  Achieving and Maintaining Sexual and Civic Power

Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio with Lisa Cypers Kamen brings to the airwaves a fresh talk radio approach promoting happiness, well-being and global human flourishing by presenting a diverse and proactive collection of the greatest thinkers and doers who have devoted their lives to creating a better world in which to live.
