Lunch with Kathy Osberger: author of I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile’s Dictatorship, 1975
October 30, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location
UIC Institute for Humanities
Address
1007 W Harrison St, Suite 153, Chicago, IL 60607
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Two years after the 1973 CIA-assisted coup overthrew the democratically-elected president of Chile, Kathleen Osberger, a recent graduate and lay volunteer from the University of Notre Dame, traveled to Santiago to teach in a Catholic grade school. Upon arrival she was told a secret: the religious women she would live with sheltered dissidents in the crosshairs of Pinochet’s secret police. Soon, Osberger is handed a blindfold, a warrant, and must go on the run. Her memoir, I Surrender, depicts her harrowing experience, the solidarity of the Chilean people, and the transformational role of nuns and priests dedicated to serving the poor.
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP at https://go.uic.edu/Osberger10302024RSVP
Date posted
Oct 22, 2024
Date updated
Oct 22, 2024