Join the ALANYC Events & Luncheons and Diversity & Inclusion Teams for a Movie Screening and Discussion on "Just Mercy"

Screening:
Wednesday, June 24 - 5:30 PM

Discussion: 
Monday June 29 - 5:30 PM

These events will take place using Zoom.

ALANYC is committed to fostering diversity awareness and education and championing equality and justice. Our chapter is working to provide resources to educate and inform our members about ways to combat systemic racism and to create new forums for open dialogue.

As part of this effort, we will be hosting a two-part event. We will host a screening of the film Just Mercy on Wednesday June 24 at 5:30 pm followed by a structured open dialogue session on Monday, June 29 at 5:30 pm. We hope that you will join us in this movie viewing and important discussion.

Film Synopsis
Just Mercy, is a 2019 film about civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson. Directed by Daniel Cretton and based on Stevenson’s book of the same name, the movie tells the story of one of Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) first cases as a young lawyer. In 1989, he traveled to Monroeville, Alabama, in hopes of overturning the wrongful conviction of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), an innocent black man who spent six years on death row for the murder of an 18-year-old white woman. An almost entirely white jury convicted McMillian on the basis of flimsy evidence raised by a white sheriff and district attorney.

Stevenson is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a nonprofit organization focused on criminal justice, prison reform and racial justice. EJI has argued multiple cases in front of the Supreme Court, including a ruling that banned mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles, and has successfully challenged many death row convictions, according to its website.

Learn more about the film here: https://www.justmercyfilm.com/

Share Your Suggestions
We invite members to suggest other topics that might be of interest. To submit suggestions, email [email protected]. 

Please join us for this session. 
Click here to register.

Member Fee: FREE
Member Guest Fee: $35
Non-member Fee: $35

Zoom credentials are provided upon registration.