MONROE - Anna Baltzer will share her experiences and thoughts on life in occupied Palestine when she speaks to members of the Monroe Kiwanis Club at noon Thursday, Sept. 3.
Her presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories and Photos," will cover checkpoints, settlements, Israeli activism, the 1948 war and refugees, censorship, the Separation Wall and nonviolent demonstrations.
The Kiwanis Club meets for lunch at noon at the Ludlow Bar.
Baltzer's presentation is expected to begin about 12:30 p.m.
Baltzer is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate and a former Fulbright scholar. She is the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees and an award-winning lecturer, author and activist for Palestinian rights.
As a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank, she documented human rights abuses.
She has appeared on television and lectured at universities, schools, churches, mosques and synagogues around the world.
More information is available by contacting Judie Heitz at (608) 325-3314.
Her presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories and Photos," will cover checkpoints, settlements, Israeli activism, the 1948 war and refugees, censorship, the Separation Wall and nonviolent demonstrations.
The Kiwanis Club meets for lunch at noon at the Ludlow Bar.
Baltzer's presentation is expected to begin about 12:30 p.m.
Baltzer is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate and a former Fulbright scholar. She is the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees and an award-winning lecturer, author and activist for Palestinian rights.
As a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank, she documented human rights abuses.
She has appeared on television and lectured at universities, schools, churches, mosques and synagogues around the world.
More information is available by contacting Judie Heitz at (608) 325-3314.
