Peter Balakian, an award-winning author and leading voice for Armenian Genocide recognition, will speak 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, at Fresno State’s University Student Union, Room 312-314. The free, public event is sponsored by the Fresno State Armenian Studies Program. Balakian is the 2012 Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance awarded by the University of California, Merced. INFO: 559.278.2669.