The Rise of Post-Umbrella Movement: Political Forces in the New Era

The Rise of Post-Umbrella Movement: Political Forces in the New Era

Joshua Wong - Co-Founder, Demosisto

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Auditorium, Henry R. Luce Hall See map
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

Joshua Wong founded the student activist group Scholarism in 2011, which was heavily involved in the protests against the introduction of Moral and National Education into Hong Kong school curricula in 2012 and in the Umbrella Movement pro-democracy protests of 2014.  He was one of Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 and one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders of 2015.  He is a founder of the political party Demosisto, which is expected to contest the upcoming Hong Kong Legislative Council elections in September 2016.

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