WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED

Defending Dissent & Building Resistance to Political Repression

The Ida B. Wells Media Defense Network presents a public forum examining the growing efforts to silence political dissent—and how we can build a broad, national movement to defend freedom of expression, organizing, journalism, labor rights, and movements for social justice.

Featuring Vijay Prashad, historian, journalist, author and Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), and Prof. Charisse Burden-Stelly, scholar, author and Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University, with additional speakers to be announced.

Saturday, October 24, 2026 • 3:00–6:00 PM ET

The People’s Forum, 320 W. 37th Street, New York City

HYBRID — attend in person or online

Registration information and online link to follow.

Presented by the Ida B. Wells Media Defense Network

Cosponsored by The People’s Forum

“An informed people cannot be oppressed.” — Ida B. Wells

For more about us and to join the Ida B. Wells Media Defense Network e-list, go to IdaBWellsMediaDefense.org.