Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court of the United States, will be visiting the East Lansing-MSU community this month as part of the 2018 One Book, One Community (OBOC) program. Sotomayor’s memoir, “My Beloved World,” is this year’s OBOC selection.
The community is invited to the OBOC Kick-off Event: An Evening with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. at the East Lansing High School Theater, 509 Burcham Drive. The event, which is free and open to the general public, will feature a moderated Q&A with Associate Justice Sotomayor.
Associate Justice Sotomayor will also speak during the MSU Academic Welcome at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, 534 Birch Road, on Monday Aug. 27 at 9 a.m. This event is also free and open to the general public
There will also be an MSU Student Q&A with Associate Justice Sotomayor at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center (Big Ten A), 219 S. Harrison Road, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 27. This event is free and open to all MSU students (undergraduate and graduate). Sotomayor will be answering pre-selected questions submitted by students.
The One Book, One Community program encourages the East Lansing-Michigan State University community to read the same book and come together to explore its themes and issues at a variety of campus and community events each fall. The selected book is widely read on and off campus and is a required reading for all incoming freshmen. The highlight of the program is the visit by the author(s) to the community in the fall. OBOC is one of the first community reading programs to bring together the students of a major university and the residents of its surrounding community. Learn more about OBOC and the 2018 program at www.onebookeastlansing.com.
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