Join us for a discussion of political activism in the age of the Trump administration. We will focus especially on action aimed at protecting rights and liberties. We will begin with very brief presentations by each panelist, who will offer some observations based on research in their fields. We will then have about 45 minutes of discussion involving everyone present. We will end promptly at 8:00 p.m. Bring your knowledge, questions, and concerns about political activism around rights. Join in the discussion. The BU Student-Faculty Forum, launched this academic year, is devoted to bringing the BU community, especially students and faculty, together around an important current topic. Faculty make presentations based on their research expertise to bring everyone up to speed on the best current knowledge about the subject, then everyone joins in open discussion. Come to learn, to share, to discuss. Topics earlier this academic year included Lessons from Charlottesville, Understanding North Korea and Possibilities from Diplomacy to Nuclear War, and Human Genome Editing: Possibilities and Perils. The next Forum, to be held on February 13, will be titled, "#MeToo/ #YouToo? What We Know about Sexual Harassment, Its History, and Future." Panelists: Dawn Belkin Martinez, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work; Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies Maxwell Palmer, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Spencer Piston, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Virginia Sapiro (Moderator), Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies