Are you a fan of Under the Feet of Jesus? Get your book signed and engage with the author!
Monday, October 21st at 4pm in the EMU Ballroom
Helena María Viramontes, award-winning author and Goldwin Smith Professor of English at Cornell University, will touch on topics including economic exploitation, food systems, greed and self-reflection when she speaks at the Erb Memorial Union ballroom October 21st at 4pm. Viramontes will be signing books after her keynote presentation, so make sure to bring your copy!
Viramontes is the author of this year’s UO Common Reading book, Under the Feet of Jesus. The novel focuses on the difficult and undervalued existence of migrant farm workers and explores topics related to the agricultural industry, farm labor policies, access to quality health care and material resources, environmental justice, and environmental racism.
Viramontes said she hopes to inspire students to fight for causes that mean something to them personally.
“Sometimes students feel overwhelmed,” Viramontes said. “Something might spark their passion, but then it burns out. I want them to be the protest, and know that they can take little subversive acts every day. This is the way they become the protest. Then they know they can do something and they don’t feel so alone.”
In addition to Viramontes’ talk and book signing on campus, she will speak about writing fiction as a form of activism at the Eugene Public Library on Oct. 22 at 6pm.
Read more here: https://around.uoregon.edu/content/2019-common-reading-author-speaks-emu-later-month