Speeches

Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett: Let’s Unite to Tear Down the Digital Berlin Wall Separating the People of China from the Rest of the World

By Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett Speech at the 16th InterEthnic/InterFaith Leadership Conference (Dec.14, 2021) Editor’s Note: A year ago, Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, a leading international human rights champion, and president of the Lantos Human Rights Foundation,...

How to Resist Dictatorship: It’s Time for A Values-Based Economic “NATO”

Dr. Yang Jianli's Speech at the 2022 Conservative Action Political Conference in Mexico Nov. 18, 2022 https://youtu.be/vC-NveLdzIw Thank you, Senator René Bolio, for your invitation. I’m sorry that I’m unable to travel to Mexico to be with everyone in person. I feel...

Speech by Dr. Jianli (Doc) Yang at “Diversity of Thought” hosted by Region Nine Development Commission

Make American Democracy Great Again—MADGA Thank you, Nicole, for your kind introduction. On July 27, 2022, as the luncheon speaker at the Class of Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard Kennedy School, I was quickly eating lunch, trying to finish...

Carry Their Legacy Forward – 33rd Tiananmen Commemoration

Carry Their Legacy Forward Speech at the Candlelight Vigil Hosted by Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation By: Jianli Yang - June 3, 2022 Tonight, once again, we gather to remember and honor our brothers and sisters who lost their lives in the Tiananmen Square...