The UC Davis Campus Community Book Project has selected Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora as its 2025–26 title, aligning with the theme of belonging. The bestselling memoir recounts Zamora’s harrowing 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States at just 9 years old, traveling alone to reunite with his parents.
🌟 Presented by Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia 🌟 Sponsored by African American Faculty and Staff Association (AAFSA) Davis, AAFSA Health, and Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The panel of experts explored the findings of the newly released "Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All" report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The overarching focus of this virtual event—health equity and justice—is the theme of this year’s Campus Community Book Project.
The next book project title is Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, by Arline T. Geronimus, a professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. It is part of this year’s theme, health equity and justice, and will guide discussions, lectures and other events, culminating in a campus visit by the author on March 5.
University and community members are encouraged to participate in Campus Community Book Project programming, all of which are open to the public and most of which are free. We also encourage UC Davis instructors to adopt the book for courses across the disciplines.
Campus Community Book ProjectPromoting Dialogue. Building Community.
For more than 20 years, the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project (CCBP) has brought together perspectives from the university and broader community to read a common book and explore an annual theme. Together, we share dialogue, learn collectively, and build community. The Book Project supports UC Davis’ efforts to realize our collective vision of excellence in which people from all backgrounds thrive.
