One Campus, One Book 2020 - 2021

If you wish to embed the e-book in your syllabi or other materials, here is the direct, stable link: 

http://mimas.calstatela.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/csla/detail.action?docID=1803516

Librarians who are members of the OCOB committee are here to support the integration of the book into courses. Always Running is a memoir that covers varied and rich content.

We hope the lists below spark ideas. Please contact a member of the OCOB Committee for further resources (Visit the Contact Tab).

Potential Activities:

• Writing prompts
• Reading Journals – read an excerpt or chapter, reflect in a journal, and have a discussion.
• Discussions
• Presentations
• Digital Humanities projects (mapping, timelines)
• Speeches
• Concerts or study of musicians discussed in the book (e.g., Miles Davis)
• Theater performances/adaptations
• Letters (to a politician)

Themes:

• Discrimination and institutionalized racism  
• Immigrant experience 
• L.A. gangs 
• Street violence 
• Substance use 
• Juvenile and criminal justice systems 
• Police brutality 
• Rehabilitation 
• Intergenerational conflict and trauma
• Mental health
• Health systems and health disparities among low-income people of color and immigrants

There are a number of sensitive topics that come up in the book. The One Campus, One Book Chair and Humanities Librarian, Paizha Stoothoff, has a document that lists page numbers of sensitive topics for instructors. If you'd like the document, please email Paizha at pstooth@calstatela.edu.