2024-2025 Campus Reading Program Book Selection
The Displaced is a collection of nonfiction essays written by refugees about their own and others’ refugee experiences. The authors are visual artists, screenwriters, activists, and other individuals with unique perspectives. They come from many different places and they all tell stories of how their refugee lives taught them about family, identity, immigration, belonging, and the meaning of home.
Events
Spartan Speaker Series hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen (editor of The Displaced)
September 10, 2024; 3:30pm-4:45pm: Moderated Discussion and Q&A session (SU Ballroom A&B & Zoom); 5:00pm-5:45pm: Time with Faculty in SU Ballroom C
Community Discussion and Action for Refugees in the Bay Area
September 17, 2024, 1:30-2:45, (in-person); Student Union Meeting Room 4A - This panel discussion will explore the current discourse, issues, and services related to supporting refugee communities in the Bay Area. In addition, the panel will discuss ways in which to provide better support to refugee communities in the area.
Walking to A Good Country, Literature in the Age of Displacement: Interview and Q&A with Laleh Khadivi. Moderated by Keenan Norris
October 10, 2024, 12:00-1:30, Student Union Meeting Room 1B