Learn how civilians can save their democracies
One of the many rallies of the Israeli democracy protest movement (protesters with Israel's flag gathered around a bonfire, stopping traffic on a highway). Photo: Itai Raziel.
About this event
The past year has been unprecedentedly dramatic and tumultuous for Israeli citizens. Ever since the newly elected far right-wing government declared its plan for a judicial overhaul in January 2023, there have been protests throughout the country—creating the largest protest movement in Israel’s history and one of the most persistent in recent global history—culminating after 9 months with the October 7th attack. With global democratic deterioration, and the upcoming contentious elections in the US, two leading Israeli organizers, Ronit Levine-Schnur and Shany Granot-Lubaton, will recount the challenges, successes, and failures of the democratic protest movement, reflect on the impact of October 7th events on the movement, and offer insights on fighting for democracy.
About the Student
Maya Gayer is a journalist, program manager and content editor with a vast professional experience in the media field in Israel. Her main mission and expertise is making academic knowledge accessible to the general public. She is currently a Fulbright fellow in Public Humanities and an MA student in the Oral History Program at Columbia University, building an oral history archive of the Israeli democracy protest movement as her thesis project.