Berkeley, CA: Dave Zirin, Political Sportswriter and Author, on Sports Under Occupation

  Dave Zirin:
Peace-and-Justice Sportswriter and Author 

One of UTNE Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing our World" 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 7:00PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way

speaking on

Sports Under Occupation
Benefit for Soccer Balls for Children in Palestine

Tickets: $15 general, $10 low-income/students
Buy tickets online today!

$15 tickets available at bookstores: (East Bay) Pegasus/Solano; Pegasus/Shattuck; Books, Inc./Berkeley; Books, Inc./Alameda; Diesel Books; Moe's Books; Walden Pond (SF) Modern Times

If there was an award for 'Most Valuable Sportwriter,' I would vote for Dave Zirin. His writing combines vivid narrative, good humor...knowledge of the game, and a keen awareness of the connection between sports and the world outside. -- Howard Zinn

Dave will sign his new book (with John Carlos, Foreward by Cornell West), The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World--nominated for an NAACP Image Award!--plus his book A People's History of Sports in the US: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People and Pla

New York Times sports columnist Robert Lipsyte calls Dave Zirin "the best young sportswriter in America," his Edge of Sports blog is read by thousands.

Cosponsored by Haymarket Books
ASL Interpreted, wheelchair accessible

Cosponsored by: KPFA, Al-Awda, Arab Film Festival, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, Arab Cultural & Community Center, US Palestinian Community Network, Jewish Voice for Peace, CODEPINK, Global Exchange, Bay Area Women in Black, San Francisco Women in Black, Northern California Friends of Sabeel, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network