Three leading scholars/activists/attorneys and thought-leaders take stock of the current assault on social progress, women’s freedoms, racial and environmental justice, human rights, and democracy. Are we headed into a plunge towards a “Handmaid’s Tale”-like dystopian future, or is this the desperate last gasp of the patriarchy? They will share their analyses of the contours of this exceedingly challenging historical moment and their strategies to most effectively resist the toxic impulses threatening the very survival of our body politic. We can outlast this dark period of regression and emerge stronger to continue the multi-generational struggles for a far more gender-just society, one in which women finally achieve genuine, full equality, but we will need to mobilize all our skill and will and work together. With: Michele Goodwin, renowned constitutional legal scholar, bioethicist and author; Radhika Rao, Professor of Law and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, UC College of the Law, San Francisco; Ji Seon Song, Assistant Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law.