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Thursday, January 30, 2020
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Increasingly students are concerned with larger global issues and this is reflected in a spate of popular YA novels that are currently engaging with issues of race, gender and economic equality combined with an idea of social justice activism to a degree rarely glimpsed before. These books are connecting to the goals and philosophies of movements such as Black Lives Matter, the #MeToo movement and increasing concern regarding gun violence and environmental issues. This conversation explores how such texts are inspiring young activists in search of a blueprint for social change and what that mean for our future.
Sheila Sandapen, Ph.D. Associate Teaching Professor &Assistant Director for the First-Year Writing Program in the English & Philosophy Dept.
Valerie Booth, Ph.D. Associate Teaching Professor English & Philosophy Dept.
Karen Sams2158951609kjs52@drexel.edu
5016 MacAlister Hall