Voice of Witness

Voice of Witness is delighted to announce several opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn more about our newest title, Patriot Acts, and hear from editor, Alia Malek.

We hope to see you at one of our events!

September 20th
City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm
Join editor Alia Malek and foreword writer Karen Korematsu (founder of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education) for a reading and talk.
Click here for more information.

September 21st
Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, Room 3203, San Francisco, CA
12:00 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and discussion, hosted by the American Constitution Society.

September 22nd
Santa Clara Law School, Bannan Hall, Room 142, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA
12:00 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and discussion of Patriot Acts.
For more information, click here.

Also on September 22nd
Books, Inc., 301 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
7:00 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and book signing. For more information, click here.

September 23rd
826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
6:30 pm
Join Alia Malek and the Voice of Witness team for a reading and reception. This event is cosponsored by Amnesty International, The Korematsu Institute and the Council on American Islamic Relations- San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA).
For more information, click here.

September 25th
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA
4:00 pm
Join editor Alia Malek in conversation with writer Wajahat Ali, for a reading and discussion of Patriot Acts.
This event is cosponsored by the Council on American Islamic Relations- San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) and the Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers.
For more information, click here.

September 27th
University of California- Hastings College of the Law
Sky Room, 100 McAllister Street, San Francisco
6:00 pm
This event is cosponsored by the Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers, the South Asian Bar Association, and the Council on American Islamic Relations.

Join editor Alia Malek at an event for the newest Voice of Witness title Patriot Acts this week. All events are free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

September 13th
7:00pm
Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
New York University, New York, NY

Join Alia Malek and special guests at NYU for a roundtable discussion followed by a reception and book signing. For more information, click here.

September 14th
4:15 pm
KINSC Sharpless Auditorium
Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Join Alia Malek for a reading and discussion of Patriot Acts. For more information, click here.

September 18th
11:00 am
Brooklyn Book Festival, Main Stage
Brooklyn, NY

Join Alia for 9/11 AT TEN. Ten years later, after the killing of Osama bin Laden and the continuation of many Bush-era national security polices by the Obama Administration, leading writers and thinkers Jeremy Scahill (Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army) and Alia Malek (A Country Called Amreeka: US History Retold Through Arab American Lives) engage in a conversation moderated by Laura Flanders about what has changed in the US since September 11, 2001. For more information, click here.

This month, Hope Deferred editor Annie Holmes will be speaking at two events in South Africa, hosted by the African Gender Institute and the African Center for Migration and Society. A South African edition of the book, titled Don’t Listen To What I’m About To Say, has bee published by Jonathan Ball.

September 17, 2011
African Gender Institute
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Centre for African Studies Gallery,
Harry Oppenheimer Institute Building,
University of Cape Town
Book launch (Hope Deferred) & documentary screening (Girls Crossing Borders)

Join Voice of Witness and editor Alia Malek to celebrate the release of Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice at a book event this fall. Read on to find an event near you.

Calendar of Events:

September 7th
Columbia University, New York, NY
5:00 pm
Panel Discussion with Granta Magazine: Islamophobia, the Media and Echoes of 9/11
Space is limited. RSVP to events@granta.com.

September 8th
The Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies at CUNY/Queens College
25 West 43rd Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY
6:15 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and talk about Patriot Acts.
Space is limited. Please click here to RSVP. Attendees must present ID and sign in prior to the event.

September 13th
New York University, Gallatin Theater, 1 Washington Place, New York, NY
7:00 pm
Join Alia for a roundtable discussion followed by a reception and book signing.
Click here for more information.

September 14th
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Join Alia Malek for a reading and discussion of Patriot Acts. For more information click here.

September 15th-18th
Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Join Alia Malek at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Click here to learn more.

September 20th
City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA
7:00 pm
Join editor Alia Malek and foreword writer Karen Korematsu (founder of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education) for a reading and talk.
Click here for more information.

September 21st
Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, Room 3203, San Francisco, CA
12:00 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and discussion, hosted by the American Constitution Society.

September 22nd
Santa Clara Law School, Bannan Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA
12:00 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and discussion of Patriot Acts.

Also on September 22nd
Books, Inc., 301 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
7:00 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and book signing. For more information, click here.

September 23rd
826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
6:30 pm
Join Alia Malek and the Voice of Witness team for a reading and reception. This event is cosponsored by Amnesty International, The Korematsu Institute and the Council on American Islamic Relations- San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA).

September 25th
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA
4:00 pm
Join editor Alia Malek in conversation with writer Wajahat Ali, for a reading and discussion of Patriot Acts.
This event is cosponsored by the Council on American Islamic Relations- San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA).

September 27th
University of California- Hastings College of the Law
Sky Room, 100 McAllister Street, San Francisco
6:00 pm
This event is cosponsored by the Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers.

October 10th
Busboys and Poets,2021 14th Street, Washington, DC
6:30 pm
Join Alia Malek for a reading and book signing.
This event is cosponsored by Foreign Policy in Focus and Amnesty International USA.

Join Alia Malek, John Freeman and guests for a panel discussion on Islamophobia, storytelling and memory. Space is limited. Please RSVP to events@granta.com.

Sept. 7th, 2011
5:00pm
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, New York

Islamophobia, the Media and Echoes of 9/11
Join Alia Malek, Granta magazine editor John Freeman, writer, sociologist and communications scholar Todd Gitlin, and Granta 116 poet and law professor Lawrence Joseph for a discussion. In association with South Asian Journalists Association and Granta.

Click here to read Alia’s piece in Granta.

After an incredible few weeks presenting our work in Philadelphia, New York, and the Bay Area, we’re wrapping up our spring book tour this week. There are only two more chances to hear from and meet the editors of Nowhere to Be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime in San Francisco. We hope to see you there!

April 5th

Nowhere to be Home Reading at Books, Inc.

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoe West for a reading at Books, Inc. Opera Plaza.

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA

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April 6th

Nowhere to be Home Reading at The Green Arcade

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoe West for a reading and talk at The Green Arcade.

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

“It’s the best learning I’ve seen from my students, of us learning together.”

—Eileen O’Kane, History Teacher, on the Voice of Witness Education Program

Voice of Witness is delighted to announce a new teacher training workshop! Read on to learn more about how you can participate in AMPLIFYING UNHEARD VOICES: THE POWER OF THE STORY.

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Voice of Witness is delighted to present Bay Area readers with four great opportunities to hear from Maggie Lemere and Zoë West, editors of our latest title Nowhere to Be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime. Read on for a list of our Bay Area events!

April 2nd

Nowhere to Be Home Book Launch

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoë West for a reading and reception to celebrate the release of Nowhere to Be Home.

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA

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April 4th

Nowhere to be Home Reading and Discussion at UC Berkeley

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoë West for a reading and discussion at Berkeley. This event is sponsored in part by the Institute of East Asian Studies, the Berkeley Human Rights Center and the Graduate School of Journalism.

Time: 3:00 pm

Where: Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Flo0r) 6F Conference Room, University of California- Berkeley

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April 5th

Nowhere to be Home Reading at Books, Inc.

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoë West for a reading at Books, Inc. Opera Plaza.

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA

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April 6th

Nowhere to be Home Reading at The Green Arcade

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoë West for a reading and talk at The Green Arcade.

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

The Voice of Witness team is on the road for the rest of the month, presenting readings in New York, Iowa and South Africa. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events!

Upcoming events:

March 29th

Hope Deferred Reading  and Book Launch in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring Editor Annie Holmes

Time: 5:30 pm

Where: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland St, Cape Town, South Africa

Also on March 29th

The Intersection of Oral History and Human Rights: Documenting Burma

Join Columbia’s Oral History Research Office and Voice of Witness for a reading and roundtable discussion.

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Columbia University, Butler Library, Room 523, New York City.

March 30th

Nowhere to Be Home Reading at Housing Works

Maggie Lemere, Zoë West and special guests read and discuss Nowhere to Be Home.

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby St., New York City
Also on March 30th

Hope Deferred editor Peter Orner Reading

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA.

For a full calendar of events, click here.

Join editors Maggie Lemere and Zoë West for a reading and discussion of Nowhere to be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime, Wednesday, March 16th in Charlottesville, VA.