Wake County Indivisible is honored to sponsor a virtual conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin and former White House senior policy advisor Ami Fields-Meyer, authors of the recently released book, ON COURAGE: How to be a Dissident in an Age of Fear.
Based on their acclaimed 2025 New Yorker essay “So You Want to Be a Dissident?” the book offers lessons and interviews with dissidents across the world and provides a roadmap for resisting authoritarianism through courage, community, and nonviolent action.
We live in one of the top gerrymandered states in the country. As the environment feels less like a democracy each day, Americans – and especially North Carolinians – everywhere are left asking “What can I do?”
Angwin and Fields-Meyers’ manual for political courage outlines the many ways that ordinary people can throw sand in the gears of authoritarianism. Based on over 100 original interviews with dissidents, activists, and theorists worldwide, ON COURAGE offers sixteen essential lessons for taking personal risks and defying authoritarianism in our daily lives.
Join us for this exciting and timely virtual event and get the chance to ask Julia and Ami questions about the book and understand key actions we can all take to be local dissidents!
This is a virtual event – please register in advance at the link and bring some (non)activist friends. Event will run from 5:30 – 6:30 pm.
ON COURAGE: How to be a Dissident in an Age of Fear is available everywhere you purchase books – remember to support local booksellers like Page 158 Books in Wake Forest!
This a local Indivisible event!
*A core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.*