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Faithful Resistance to Authoritarianism: A Conversation with Rabbi Lauren and Maria J. Stephan, Co-Lead of the Horizons Project, and co-author of Why Civil Resistance Works
Dr. Maria J. Stephan will join SAJ on the Holiest Day of the Year to talk about one of the most important issues that faces us this coming year: the future and fate of our democracy. In conversation with Rabbi Lauren, Dr. Stephan will help us understand what actions have
successfully thwarted authoritarianism, what resistance at this time might look like and what the role of faith communities are at this critical juncture.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Maria J. Stephan is the Co-lead and Chief Organizer at the Horizons Project, an organizing initiative focused on bringing people together across differences to dismantle tyranny and build an inclusive democracy in the United States anchored in human dignity, freedom, and justice. Maria is an award-winning author and organizer whose scholarship, public service, and work in civil society has focused on the role of nonviolent action and social movements in advancing human rights, democracy, and sustainable peace in the US and globally. Stephan is the co-author (with Erica Chenoweth) of Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, which was awarded the 2012 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Prize by the American Political Science Association for the best book published in political science, and the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. She is also the co-author of The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns: Poisoned Chalice or Holy Grail? and Bolstering Democracy: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward (Atlantic Council, 2018) Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Foreign Affairs, Just Security, Foreign Policy, and Waging Nonviolence, among other outlets.