TEXAS

A Talk on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) by Acclaimed Author and Journalist Nora Barrows Friedman.

Nora Barrows Friedman is an associate editor and journalist for Electronic Intifada and recent author of the book “In Our Power: U.S. Students Organize for Justice in Palestine.” Friedman has spent her career covering the occupation of Palestine and the ways it has met resistance from both indigenous Palestinians and activists abroad. Her extraordinary work earned her in 2009 the Lifetime Achievement Media Freedom Award from the Media Freedom Foundation. Read more about Friedman and her work here: http://norabarrowsfriedman.com/

Read Friedman’s interview with Truthout magazine here:http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26962-author-nora-barrows-friedman-chronicles-rise-of-student-movement-for-justice-in-palestine#

Follow her on twitter here: https://twitter.com/norabf

The event is cosponsored by the UT Department of English, the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and the Human Rights Student Advisory Council (HRSAC)