Editor’s note: UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) announces that Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa has postponed her January 19 Santa Barbara appearance in order to appear in court in Manila, Philippines. The event is currently being rescheduled and the new date will be announced in the coming weeks.
SANTA BARBARA — UCSB A&L presents Maria Ressa “How to Stand Up to a Dictator” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at Campbell Hall.
“A Filipino journalist who stands at 5 foot 2 but stands taller than so many of us in her courage and personal sacrifice for the cause of telling the truth.” – Amal Clooney
“We’re in the last two minutes of democracy, globally. I think there’s far more at stake in the world than my freedom or my fate. Is this the tipping point for democracy? Or the other way — the tipping point for fascism?” – Maria Ressa
Celebrated around the world for her commitment to free expression, human dignity and democratic government, journalist Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power and challenging corruption. The recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, Ressa has had multiple arrest warrants filed against her for her reporting on the authoritarian administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Her new book How to Stand Up to a Dictator tells the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts and how social media is killing our freedoms.
Date: January 19
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Price: General Public?$20 – $35 / UCSB Student?(Current student ID required)$10
Location: Campbell Hall (Campbell Hall, Isla Vista, CA 93106)
Link: https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/events-tickets/events/22-23/maria-ressa/