This Spring semester of 2012 we have our annual 1Book 1Project, which is a recurring series open to all Metro State faculty, staff and students along with the public. Combining a book discussion with a related service project plus the idea that we can all be transformed and can, perhaps transform others by what we read and how we participate in our community.
Helen Thorpe is the author of “Just Like Us”, our feature book this semester. It tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom in Denver, Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States and all four want to live the American Dream. But they discover that only the legal pair sees a clear path forward. Their friendship starts to divide along lines of immigration status.
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-SGM
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