The recent attack on the U.S. Capitol and incidents in other Western democracies – such as the attempt to storm the Reichstag building in Berlin in August 2020 – demonstrate how fragile our democracies are. On January 15, the ACG and 1014 hosted a discussion with Pam Campos-Palma, Political Strategist and Consultant, and Alexander Sängerlaub, Director of futur eins; and moderated by ACG Fellowship alum Dr. Nicholas Boston, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York, and Visiting Professor of Communications at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.