Virtual Talk with Old North Illuminated: "On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear"

Park Event · Boston National Historical Park · Sep 16, 2026 · 7:00 PM–8:30 PM

Join Old North Illuminated on Zoom for a special event with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin and former White House senior policy advisor Ami Fields-Meyer, authors of the new book, On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. You may remember their acclaimed 2025 New Yorker essay “So You Want to Be a Dissident?" which offered a roadmap for resisting authoritarianism through courage, community, and nonviolent action, and sparked a wave of conversation and debate.

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