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Caught Between Cultures: Book Club for Educators

Event Type
Informational
Sponsor
Sponsored by the Institute for Global Studies (University of MInnesota), the Pacific Northwest Resource Center on Canada (Western Washington University), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (Georgetown University), South Asia Institute (University of Texas/ Austin),Asia for Educators (Columbia), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (University of Illinois), South Asia Book Award, Freeman Book Award, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (University of Michigan), Center for Middle Eastern Studies (University of Arizona Tucson). Latin America Center (University of Texas Austin)
Date
Apr 3, 2023   6:00 - 8:00 pm  
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Originating Calendar
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

Join us virtually to delve into discussions with speakers from various National Resource Centers as well as other experts across the United States. Registration includes copies of each 8th-grade to 12th grade book which will be mailed to you. (Book should be read before its featured session).

April 3, 2023 - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Sponsored and facilitated by The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas Austin.

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