Newsmaker today: How civil disobedience could challenge the Trump Administration

Will civil disobedience be used to disrupt a new administration that sees itself as disruptive? And, what makes a breach of law an act of civil disobedience? When is civil disobedience morally justified? Can it go too far?

A panel of activists at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference will discuss these and other issues at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 6, in the club’s Zenger Room.

Panelists include:

• Micah White, the co-founder of Occupy Wall Street;

• Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a non-profit progressive legal organization supporting protest efforts related to free speech, spying and police misconduct, including the Million Women March slated to occur during and after the inauguration; and

• Adam Eidinger, local D.C. activist who has led civil disobedience acts related to the International Monetary Fund, genetically modified food and the legalization of marijuana.

Civil disobedience has been an important part of the fabric of this country and key to social change from the Vietnam War protests to the work of the civil rights movement as just two examples. In a large country with a clutter of messages and a widening mix of media are acts of civil disobedience even more relevant today?

Like all Newsmakers events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contact: David Hodes, Deputy Chair of the National Press Club Newsmakers Committee
202-596-5037, [email protected]