Author will discuss Palestine, student activism

The author of a book about student activists for justice in Palestine will speak on campus and in West Michigan next week.

Nora Barrows-Friedman, author of "In Our Power: U.S. Students Organize for Justice in Palestine" (Just World Books, 2015), will give a presentation on Monday, September 28, from 1-3 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, rooms 2215/2216. She will also speak at Western Michigan University, Calvin College and Hope College.

Barrows-Friedman's visits are sponsored by Healing Children of Conflict, a volunteer nonprofit in Grand Rapids that facilitates medical treatment for children who are wounded in conflicts involving the U.S.

Barrows-Friedman is associate editor of The Electronic Intifada and has written many articles about Palestine and student activism. 

For information about her visit, contact David Alverez, professor of English, at [email protected].