TED Circle about 'Risk-Taking' hosted by Merrative.com

We will be screening a TED Talk - How to be fearless in the face of authoritarianism by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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About the TED Talk:

How do you stand up to authoritarianism? And what does it mean to be "fearless"? In this powerful talk, housewife-turned-politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya describes her unlikely bid to defeat Belarus's long-time autocratic leader in the nation's 2020 presidential election. Painting a vivid picture of how small acts of defiance flourished into massive, peaceful demonstrations, she shares a beautiful meditation on the link between fearlessness and freedom, reminding us that we all have what it takes to stand up to injustice -- we just need to do it together.

About Speaker:

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a former presidential candidate and leader of a national democratic movement in Belarus. By popular consensus, she received the most votes in the presidential election of Belarus on August 9, 2020. However, the official results were falsified in favor of the incumbent, and she was forced out of her country. She leads the democratic movement out of the neighbouring Lithuania. She fights for human rights, democracy and freedom everywhere.

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