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In celebration of Earth Day and the 2020 UCSB Reads selection, author Elizabeth Rush spoke about her book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, to a live virtual audience. She explained that coastal communities in the United States are at risk due to rising sea levels and “retreating” from coastal communities is essential to mitigate the effects of climate change.
“Remember that you’re not trying to prove that you know more than your parents. Instead, you’re allowing yourself to grow and discuss things,” writes author and escapee from South Vietnam Thi Bui. In this piece, Communication and Music Studies student Esther Liu draws connections from the writer’s experiences into her own life as an Asian American.
As part of the debut of the library exhibition “In Her Own Image,” a panel discussion about women in comics was held to highlight the feminist implications of the UCSB Reads 2019 selection "The Best We Can Do," by Thi Bui. Panelists also described how women have built their own underground movements through the use of comics.
