EMBRACING THE WORLD

Through Literature, Film & Dialogue

​​CSDFEA's Embracing the World program can take the form of a book discussion, film screening, and/or dialogue. Our goal is to provide a forum to learn, discuss, and appreciate culture from around the globe. Embracing the World events are open and free to the public. 

2019 - 2022 Books: 

• Fairest by Meredith Talusan
• How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi
• ​Forced to Marry Him: A Lifetime of Tradition and the Will to Break It by Davinder Kaur
• The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
• Letters to a Young Brown Girl: Poems by Barbara Jane Reyes
• A Beginner's Guide to America by Roya Hakakian 
• Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
• Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
• White Fragility by Robin Diangeles
• Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
• America Is Not The Heart by Elaine Castillo
• The Body Papers A Memoir by Grace Talusan
• Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

2019 - 2022 Movies: 

• Vincent Who? 
• Fan Girl (San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase)
• A is for Agustin (SD Filipino Cinema) 
• In No One's Shadow Filipinos in America
• Undocumented  
• Ek Ladki 
• Moral 
• Tag-Ulan sa Tag-Araw  
• Cine Social ​
  
  

If you are looking for a partner for your upcoming cultural event, email  csdfea@sdcounty.ca.gov.