Srđa Popović

Srđa Popović is a Serbian political activist, teacher, author, and environmentalist who was the cofounder and leader of the student movement, Otpor! (Resistance!), which helped to overthrow the country’s dictator, Slobodan Milošević, in 2000. After serving for several years as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia, Popović established the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS). CANVAS is a non-profit that specializes in educating groups around the world on techniques and nonviolent means to be used in achieving freedom, democracy, and human rights. Srđa was influential in the Arab Spring, helping to educate activists for social change in the Middle East. Due to his efforts, he was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2012. Popović has been named one of Wired’s “50 people who will change the world” and Foreign Policy’s “100 Global Thinkers”. In February 2016, Popović, along with CANVAS, were awarded the Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award from Tufts University.