Wednesday October 28, 2020
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Special Election Panel: Democracy in Crisis
Special Election Panel: Democracy in Crisis
With only days remaining before the final votes are cast in the 2020 election, the Saint Michael’s College Political Science and International Relations Department invites you to a panel event reflecting on the many challenges destabilizing democracy worldwide and assessing the tenuous state of democracy on the eve of this historic election in the United States.
October 28, 2020 at 7PM via Zoom
Access via link Zoom link or with the following information:
Meeting ID: 984 4453 1565 Passcode: 508528
Featuring brief presentations on: Democracy and Majoritarianism, Professor Shefali Misra; Another Reverse Wave? Global Threats to Democracy; Professor Jeffrey Ayres; Nationalist and Authoritarian Entrenchment; Professor Michael Bosia; Mobilizing in Defense of Democracy; Professors Daniel Simmons & Trish Siplon.
Join us for panel presentations followed by a Q&A discussion on some of the issues that have brought many parts of the world, including the United States, to this precarious and uncertain moment, as well as for insights into what Americans can do to defend and re-invigorate our democratic electoral processes and institutions as well as the values and protections they support.