Building a Better Future for Civil Societies Around the World

Digital tools such as Facebook and Twitter have empowered activists around the world to become revolutionaries. Despite the advances civil society has made, its freedoms are in jeopardy around the planet.

Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Problem From Hell, will join Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore at the Social Good Summit. Their conversation, Defending the Defenders, will explore the crackdown on activists and civil society across the world.

This year's Social Good Summit, themed #2030NOW, focuses on technology's role in creating solutions for the future. This panel will specifically explore the role of civil society in building a better future. Read more...