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Fulbright
Scholar to Speak at Northwest Vista about
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2007
Media Contact: Renata Serafin, Director of Community
and Public Relations
210-348-2082
rserafin@mail.accd.edu 
Fulbright
scholar, Anna Baltzer, will speak at
Northwest Vista College on Thursday, October 25th
San
Antonio, TX (October 23, 2007) — Fulbright scholar,
Anna Baltzer, will speak at Northwest Vista College
on Thursday, October 25th about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict in the Middle East. Anna Baltzer, a 28-year-old
Jewish American and the granddaughter of Holocaust
refugees, will present photographs and stories from
her work documenting human rights abuses and supporting
nonviolent resistance in the West Bank. Baltzer graduated
from Columbia University and is currently with the
International Women’s Peace Service. Her presentation
will cover checkpoints, the Wall, Israeli activism,
censorship, nonviolent resistance, and other topics.
“Anna Baltzer’s presentation will shed
light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and offer
a perspective that is often left out of mainstream
U.S. media,” says assistant professor of sociology,
Kara Paige.
This is Baltzer’s second visit to Northwest
Vista College. After her appearance at the College
in February, Baltzer returned to the occupied territories
and updated her book and presentation. She is currently
touring the U.S. with a revised second edition of
her book, Witness in Palestine: A Jewish American
Woman in the Occupied Territories.
Since Palestine is central to the Middle East conflict,
says Paige, “It’s important to have a
first-hand account from someone who has worked and
lived in the region. Her presentation is moving and
thought-provoking, and delivered in a style that will
engage the audience and generate important dialog.”
Two presentations are scheduled at Northwest Vista
College, free and open to the public:
Thursday, October 25, 2007
9:30a.m. - 10:45a.m. and 11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m.
Banquet Room, Huisache Hall
For
more information, call Jalal Nejad, 348-2096, or Kara
Paige, 348-2087.
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