The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

Alison Weir
Executive Director, If Americans Knew

"Israel-Palestine: Beyond the Headlines"

Friday, 9th October 2009 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. - Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 7th October to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Lunch Program $20 for Members - $25 for Non-Members - $6 for Coffee Only

Journalist Alison Weir is the executive director of "If Americans Knew," a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing Americans with information on topics of importance that are misreported or under-reported in the American media. She is also on the board of directors of the Council for the National Interest.

In February and March of 2001 Alison left her position as editor of MarinScope newspaper in Sausalito, California, to travel independently as a freelance reporter throughout Gaza and the West Bank. Upon her return she founded If Americans Knew. She continues to research the issue intensively, her library on the issue now includes over 100 books, and she recently returned from three months traveling through the West Bank, Israel, and the Golan Heights.

In March of 2004, Weir was inducted into honorary membership of Phi Alpha Literary Society, founded in 1845 at Illinois College. The award cited her as a: "Courageous journalist-lecturer on behalf of human rights. The first woman to receive an honorary membership in Phi Alpha history."

For more information about If Americans Knew, please visit the organization’s website, www.ifamericansknew.org . Alison Weir’s personal website can be found at www.alisonweir.org .

Alaskans for Palestine’s web site can be found at http://alaskansforpalestine.org/ .
Alaskans for Peace and Justice’s web site can be found at
http://www.alaskans4peace.org/ .