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Glenbard Parent Series event: Enrique’s Journey
Author Sonia Nazario to speak on her book "Enrique's Journey on August 23, 7pm at Glenbard East High School
The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families has chosen “Enrique's Journey” as its 2017 Community Read and will host the book's author, Sonia Nazario, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Glenbard East High School.
“Enrique's Journey” chronicles a Honduran child’s perilous odyssey in search of his mother and the desperate struggles of a family that, though yearning to unite and heal deep wounds, is torn apart.
First published as a series in the Los Angeles Times, “Enrique’s Journey” was expanded into a book, which became a national bestseller and is now required reading at hundreds of high schools and colleges nationwide.
The young adult version of “Enrique’s Journey” is suggested for students, who are encouraged to join with the community when Nazario speaks at 7 p.m. Aug. 23, at Glenbard East, 1014 S. Main St. in Lombard.
GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation and Trust Company of Illinois. For further information, visit glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at 630-942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.
The following libraries provide additional support for this event: Carol Stream, Glenside, Glen Ellyn, Helen Plum, Bloomingdale, Naperville, Downers Grove, and Wheaton.
Nazario is a noted journalist and dynamic speaker on immigration, racial discrimination, U.S. foreign policy, hunger, addiction and other social issues.
