UHCL Common Reader Program

08/11/2025

Come join the Common Reader Program this year as we celebrate our new book, Amanda Peters' The Berry Pickers, with another series of engaging and educational events! Open to all!

01/23/2024

Join the Common Reader Program for ReelAbilities Houston Film and Arts Festival on February 8, from 1-2pm in the UHCL Bayou Theater, as we highlight and celebrate stories about accessibility!

01/22/2024

Welcome back, Hawks! Please join the Common Reader Program as we kick off our Spring events!

08/01/2023

Announcing the Common Reader's Kick-Off event! On August 30, from 11-1pm, explore Houston and UHCL's accessibility initiatives with Angel Ponce, Director of the Houston Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities. Open to all!

08/01/2023

Join the Common Reader Program as we read and discuss our new 23-24 book, Alice Wong's edited collection, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century! Check back frequently to find programming updates around the book's essays by 37 disabled writers and advocates.

08/30/2022

How does Flint's water crisis connect to Houston? Come find out at the Common Reader Kick-Off September 7, 7-9pm, in the Garden Room. Watch "Flint's Dirty Water" and listen to a faculty and student panel on local environmental issues. Zoom link https://uhcl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uf-CrrjMrHdULtMZEHRQ-cc-sJ-ZKL-PQ.

04/19/2022

A big thank you to Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin for supplying her heartfelt Big Reveal announcement! Check it out below.

04/19/2022

Hawks, we are very excited to announce our next year’s common reader selection: "What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City" by Mona Hanna-Attisha! Please join us next year for to engage in the conversation!

Synopsis: What the Eyes Don’t See is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water—and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don’t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself—an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family’s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice. What the Eyes Don’t See is a riveting account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their—and all of our—children.

04/12/2022

Hawks, it’s almost time for our FINAL event of the year! On Tuesday, April 19 at 12:00 noon, we are so excited to host an interview with Judge Phyllis Frye, the first openly transgender judge in the United States. Stay tuned afterwards for the big reveal of next year’s Common Reader! In partnership with Office of New Student Programs. Attend in person in the Garden Room or through Zoom – register: https://tinyurl.com/2p96jnxf

03/09/2022

Hawks, we are thrilled to announce a special event commemorating Transgender Day of Visibility on Thursday, March 31 from 6-7:30PM. In partnership with the Women’s and Gender Studies, we will be hosting a concert featuring Gndrbndr, STOO, and Creekbed Carter Hogan! After the concert, our very own SGA President j scates will moderate Q&A. Join us in the Garden Room or Zoom—click here to RSVP: http://bit.do/fTiUp 🏳️‍⚧

02/18/2022

Happening TONIGHT! Register to join us online or in person (note the location change from the graphic shown below; we'll be in the Forest Room this evening!): http://bit.do/CRP21-film Can't wait to see you there!

/ Common Reader and CAB is presenting DISCLOSURE Film Screening & Discussion.

Make sure to reserve yourself a spot and RSVP on GetInvolved to join us Friday, February 18, 2022 from 6pm to 8:30pm!

Link to RSVP is in our Bio (Instagram) or here: http://bit.do/CRP21-film