Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa: Democracy At a Time of Uncertainty
On Monday, April 27th, Tables Upon Tables brings together Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa and local community leaders in a rare sit-down to take stock of our political condition and the prospects for our democracy.
This year’s 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence comes at a poignant time of national reckoning and reflection. Trump 2.0 has unveiled a systematic weakening of institutional checks on power. Fueling the polarization and chaotic discourse is a carefully calculated breakdown of a shared reality calling into question our brand of democracy and the values of liberty and freedom. To counter the wave of authoritarianism, we must recognize and understand its methods and mechanisms that shape our current political reality.