The Power of Protest

Upon arriving in my hotel room in Oslo, I went immediately to my window to explore the view. I was expecting to see the plaza, boasting statues, fountains and manicured flowerbeds surrounded by grand edifices. What I was not expecting was the group of people, standing in the rain, protesting. It took me a while [...]

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Oslo Freedom Forum Heroes: Elie Wiesel

There are two things, in my experience, Elie Wiesel always highlights when he speaks – things he has great authority to speak about because of his experience: silence and indifference. When he tells his story, he speaks of the innocence, the naivety even, he and his family had before they were sent off to the [...]

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