Virtual: UCSB Reads Author Event: Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

Check out this free Arts & Lectures event via ZOOM!

FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY TALK WITH THE UCSB READS AUTHOR Join UCSB Reads 2020 author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore for a free online community talk on Earth Day about Rising and the impact of sea level rise on the United States.  Event moderated by David Pellow, Dehlsen Chair and Professor of Environmental Studies. To sign up for this free talk, please fill out this short registration form.

Author of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, Elizabeth Rush explores how humans adapt to changes enacted upon them by forces seemingly beyond their control.

Find the details at the UCSB Reads page.

Presented as part of UCSB Reads, sponsored by the UCSB Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor with additional support from UCSB Arts & Lectures and a variety of campus and community partners 
 

Part of the Forces of Nature series

Lead Sponsors: Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher and Erika & Matthew Fisher, in memory of J. Brooks Fisher

Presented in partnership with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History & Sea Center, Community Environmental Council, UCSB Department of Environmental Studies and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Presented in association with UCSB Natural Leaders: Environmental Research & Impact, Central Coast Climate Justice Network, Environmental Defense Center, Explore Ecology, Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, Los Padres ForestWatch, Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, Sierra Club – Los Padres Chapter and Wilderness Youth Project