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⭐️ Presented by the Campus Community Book Project, an Initiative of Inclusive Excellence
This screening and discussion of a classic episode of The Simpsons will be hosted by Karma Waltonen, Continuing Lecturer in the Writing Center and UC Davis' official Simpsonologist. Together we will engage with visual rhetoric, examine the theme of belonging via popular culture, and deconstruct common cultural stereotypes.
In 2025-2026, the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project will focus on the theme of belonging and will feature Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora. Solito narrates the author’s 3,000-mile journey at the age of nine from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border to reunite with his parents. What was anticipated to take two weeks expands into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.