Avner Gvaryahu is from Breaking the Silence, an organization of Israeli military veterans whose goal is to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.
Prof. Rachel Kutz-Flamenbaum is a professor in Pitt's Department of Sociology. She is a social movement scholar who will provide background on Human Rights and Peace Movements in Israel and a discussion of the Israeli Human Rights organization, Machsom (Checkpoint) Watch.

Are you considering a graduate degree related to international studies in the future? Please join us for an information session sponsored by the University Center for International Studies, as part of our International Career Toolkit Series. You’ll hear from current graduate students and professors, and discuss scholarship opportunities, how to make your application stand out, as well as the kind of research, skills, and experiences the most competitive schools are looking for in applicants.

Francisco Zamora Loboch is one of the most mature and talented of the independence era Equato-Guinean writers. He is a poet, novelist, musician, essayist and sports writer, and was part of the original group of intellectuals exiled by the first Nguema dictatorship in 1971. He was also a participant in the many attempts by his compatriots in exile, to organize political resistance to the dictatorship from Spain.

Text will be available two weeks in advance of the discussion through the gender studies portal on my.pitt.edu under My Resources or from wstudies@pitt.edu.