Jessica Tang, President of the MA chapter of American Federation of Teachers speaks on defending democracy through peaceful means at the Center for Nonviolent Solutions’ annual Peace Meal. Ms. Tang has an extraordinary bio; in addition to being a Boston public school teacher and union organizer, she is a protege of peace researcher Hardy Berryman. formerly with International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and founder of Freedom Trainer. In advance of the 2026 U.S. mid-term elections, Ms. Tang and her Freedom Trainer colleagues are running workshops and presentations on nonviolent civilian resistance to authoritarian rule. Two days after speaking at the Center, she traveled to Hungary to study the movement that ousted Orban. Recorded September 24, 2026