EVENT: Syracuse University's new INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM, DEMOCRACY & CITIZENSHIP

MAGA, Memes, and Momala: Political Cartoonists Take on 2024

Join us as we celebrate freedom of speech and our right to satire with a freewheeling look at a wild campaign year, as seen by some of the nation's and world's best political cartoonists.

Cartoonists have long lived on the front lines in the fight for freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court used cartoons to codify our right to lampoon our political leaders in the seminal case, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell. Decline of local newspapers, explosion of social media, political polarization and global trends toward populism, nationalism and authoritarianism shape today's challenges.

Date: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024

Time: Cocktails 6pm

Program begins at 6:30pm

Dress: Business casual

Panelists:

Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist and illustrator, POLITICO

Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist, The Washington Post

Michael Ramirez, editorial cartoonist, Las Vegas Review- Journal

Pedro X. Molina, Counterpoint Media and Confidencial, Nicaragua

Award-winning cartoonists

Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) and Rachita Taneja (India) also will discuss their work and persistent threats to cartoonists around the world.

Where:

Syracuse University D.C. Campus

1333 New Hampshire Avenue NW (at Dupont Circle)

Washington, D.C. 20036

Please join us for this special and very timely event.