Spring Into the Latest with Dissident Project Speeches & Media
Grace Jo kicked off our spring season with a 3-day marathon of talks in front of 430 high school students across Nicholasville, Kentucky. Students were intrigued with Grace’s outlining of the history and impact of the Korean War.
An educator remarked that “her speech was very powerful and must be heartbreaking for her to revisit. I also liked how she has found happiness and success here in America. Thank you for making this possible!”
Thank you, East and West Jessamine High Schools, for hosting us.
What a lovely group of students!
Dissidents in the Media
Frances Hui commemorated International Women’s Day with a piece in the Japan Times, where she argued that the Chinese Communist Party’s latent misogyny has resulted in the “world’s highest proportion of women in its prison population — about three times the global average.”
Additionally, she spoke to the International Campaign for Tibet in protest of the CCP, which wants Tibetans and Hong Kongers to “forget who we are, to forget our culture, our identity, our language.” Powerful stuff.
Click to watch Frances!
Gabriela “Gaby” Blanco spoke with video journalist Maggie Anders on the Cuban government’s indoctrination of its youth through classroom propaganda. Students learn how to think “correctly”: value the collective over the individual, swear loyalty oaths to Fidel Castro, and train for war against American “imperialists.”
A snapshot of Gaby’s virtual interview. Click to watch the video!
Invite a Dissident Speaker
Each year, Gaby shares her story about escaping Cuban communism for American liberal democracy with students across the country. To invite her or our other dissidents, email me or click the button below.
Thank you again for your support of the Dissident Project. I’m looking forward to sharing an update on our end-of-spring events with you soon.
Sincerely,
Alexander Norton III
