Human rights activists face similar struggles, but their stories are often heard in isolation. The Marquette Democracy Project facilitates transnational coalition-building by creating a forum for activists to share their experiences with Marquette students, with each other, and with individuals across the world.Toward this end, our project brings international activists to Marquette for brief visits during the school semester, during which they teach classes, give a public talk (open to the Milwaukee community), and tell their stories to student journalists and videographers for distribution on our project website.