This panel will include some of the world’s most innovative and courageous young leaders who are pushing back against dictators and anti-democratic movements. Democracy activists and political leaders, who have faced violence, jail, and oppression will share how they have worked to mobilize civil society and marginalized populations to push back against authoritarian practices in an effort to defend democracy in key locations in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere. They will share their first-hand accounts of what they face and why they risk their lives in defense of their fellow citizens.