Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, discusses his human-rights work and the organization’s efforts to challenge unfair sentencing, wrongful convictions, and mistreatment of incarcerated people and people with mental illness. EJI has helped overturn convictions or secure releases for more than 140 people wrongly sentenced to death, as well as obtaining relief for hundreds of others.

Stevenson has argued significant cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 2012 decision prohibiting mandatory life-without-parole sentences for children age 17 or younger and a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners with dementia. The event is part of Reston Community Center’s Professional Touring Artist Series.

When: September 27, 2026

Showtimes: 3:00 p.m.

Tickets: $40 for Reston residents; $60 for non-Reston residents

Venue: The Leila Gordon Theatre, 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, Virginia 20191

Lineup: Bryan Stevenson, author, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative

Event category: Theatre/Performing Arts

Series: Professional Touring Artist Series

Reception: A post-event PTAS Opening Night Reception will take place in the Community Room from 4:15 to 6:00 p.m. All ticket holders are welcome.

Organizer: Reston Community Center

Event contact: Paul Douglas Michnewicz, 703-390-6167, Paul.Michnewicz@fairfaxcounty.gov

Venue contact: Reston Community Center, 703-476-4500, RCCcontact@fairfaxcounty.gov