NEWS RELEASE
Citizens For Justice In The Middle East
6100 W. 52nd Street
Mission, Kansas
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Andrea Whitmore (CJME), (913) 236-9825 or info@cjme.org
Monday, April 17, Kansas City, MO — “This isn’t about Judaism or Islam; it’s about humanity and standing up for what’s right,” Anna Baltzer said during a recent speaking event at Wayne State University in Detroit. She said the majority of Israelis are against settlements and the occupation.
Anna Baltzer, a Jewish-American woman will be in Kansas City to present photos and stories about Palestine and Israel from her new book. Her talk titled "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos" will be held Thursday, May 4th at 7:00 p.m. at Broadway United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 406 West 74th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The talk will be hosted by Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, a local peace group founded in 2003.
Anna Baltzer, is a Jewish-American, granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Columbia University graduate, Fulbright scholar and volunteer with the International Women’s Peace Service, is touring the United States describing her experiences documenting human rights abuses in the West Bank and supporting Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. Anna’s presentation covers checkpoints, settlements, demonstrations, Israeli activism, environmental issues, the Separation Wall, and more. Providing photographic documentation and critical information often misrepresented or ignored in the U.S. media, Anna’s presentation encourages dialogue towards taking informed action.
For further information about Anna’s speaking event in Kansas City, please visit http://www.cjme.org/annabaltzer.htm. Anna will also be selling and signing copies of her premier book: Witness in Palestine: Journal of a Jewish American Woman in Occupied Palestine (Paradigm Publishers, 2006)
Information about Citizens for
Justice in the Middle East –
http://www.cjme.org
Kansas City-based Citizens for
Justice in the Middle East (CJME) seeks to educate the American public about the
issues involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. CJME believes U.S. policy
should recognize the rights and aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians,
only by respecting the need to provide both parties in the conflict with
security and self-determination can a viable and just peace be assured.
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