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Bryan Stevenson – Finding the Courage for What's Redemptive

On Being with Krista Tippett

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You Can't Understand the Most Important Things From a Distance, Eo

You can't understand the most important things from a distance, bryan. You have to get close. In science and in research, proximity is baked in to the very heart of the discipline. If you're trying to make policy in the criminal justice sface but i've never met someone who's in a jail or prison, you're going to fail. And that's why, whether you graduate from harvard law school or your graduate from college, wherheryou're a social worker or teacher, you should not underestimate the power you have to affirm the humanity and dignity of the people around you.

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