On June 13, 2024, death penalty lawyer and criminal justice activist Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, was the keynote speaker for the RISE Court’s Fourth Annual Graduation Ceremony. Graduates were joined by family, friends, members of the RISE Court initiative, and even some of their sentencing judges, to celebrate their achievement. The majority of the 60 graduates and participants at this year’s ceremony reside in the Bronx.