2023 Scoper Lecture

This remarkable event featured Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of the acclaimed book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. He spoke on the spiritual sources that empower his lifelong commitment to transformative acts of justice and mercy. An on-stage conversation with UVA President Jim Ryan followed the lecture. This event was not allowed to be recorded but please look below to see all of our featured resources.

RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS & FAITH-BASED GROUPS

GUIDE TO SUSTAINING THE SOUL OF EQUAL JUSTICE

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Central Virginia Community Justice provides a brave space for those involved in harm to lead their own accountability and healing. CVCJ facilitates restorative conferences to divert cases away from the criminal system, as well as to repair harms outside of the system.

UVA Arts catalyzes and facilitates research, creative production, and service in the arts departments and schools and with numerous affiliates, partners, and community and student-driven arts organizations at the University of Virginia.

The Project on Lived Theology at UVA is a research initiative whose mission is to study the social consequences of theological ideas for the sake of a more just and compassionate world. Learn more at

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