The Ethical Imperatives of "Solito"

Solito’s narrator compels readers to examine how global economic factors and national policies shape and impact the international journeys of unaccompanied migrant youth. This panel engages local professionals in the fields of economics, health, education and law to explore the ethical dimensions of economic, border, health and educational policies that respond to the needs and challenges of unaccompanied migrant youth. 

Moderator: Kathy Purnell, instructor, Department of Political Science; and director/managing attorney, Human/Civil Rights Law Center. Panelists: Susan Pozo, professor, Department of Economics; Abra Smith, co-executive director, KYDNet; and Pamela Wadsworth, associate professor, WMU Bronson School of Nursing, and WMU Dr. Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Family Practice Team. This program is part of Kalamazoo Public Library’s 2025 Reading Together program on Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora. The author is coming to Kalamazoo on March 15. Co-sponsor: Kalamazoo Public Library.