A POETRY READING and conversation with JAVIER ZAMORA
Presented by the Latinx/a/o Caucus, with the generous support of
the English Department, Psychology Department, Political Science and Law Department,
The Latin American Student Organization (LASO), and
The President's Commission on Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity (PCAAEOD)
(Free copies of Zamora's book to the first 15 students at Univ Hall 1050)
Zoom Link:
https://montclair.zoom.us/j/86286436114?pwd=MlBaYzdDUkgxZVRobk5hNE0vK29XZz09
Password: 813555
Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His parents' migration to the US was caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War (1980-1992). In 1999, as a child, Javier migrated across Mexico and the Sonoran Desert to be reunited with his parents. After a "coyote" abandoned his group in Oaxaca, Javier made it to Arizona with the aid of other migrants. His book of poetry, entitled Unaccompanied (2017), explores how immigration and the war impacted his family.