The Marquette Democracy Project, which debuted in 2017 by bringing world-renowned activists to Marquette University, has launched a website for the activists to discuss their stories, personal experiences and challenges.
The website, mudemocracyproject.com, features information and videos from four democracy activists from different countries who visited Marquette to give class lectures and public talks.
The activists are Wael Ghonim, an Egyptian computer engineer who energized pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt in 2011; Fray Tomás González Castillo, executive director of a migrant shelter in southern Mexico; Clare Byarugaba, an LGBTQ-plus activist and feminist from Uganda; and Maryam Al-Khawaja, a leading pro-democracy activist in Bahrain, who played a prominent role in the Arab Spring protests.
The video interviews will be organized thematically, giving educators and students the ability to draw comparative lessons from the activists’ stories.