The Human Rights Book Club will discuss How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa
From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account. Renowned journalist Maria Ressa challenged corruption and malfeasance in the Philippines for decades. In How to Stand Up to a Dictator: the Fight for Our Future, she considers the links between authoritarianism and social media, recounting her work exposing disinformation networks seeded by the Duterte government and consequent attempts to silence her. Ressa’s memoir exposes how democracy has been threatened, in the Philippines and beyond, through the strategic spread of disinformation.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Meraki Café
1735 Adams Ave
San Diego, CA 92116
Saturday, October 28 - 3:00 PM
