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Note - José Antonio Vargas' talk this evening, <b>7PM Thu 10/25</b>,
is <b>moving to a larger space</b> - it'll be in the University
YMCA's large room, Latzer Hall, the same location as his noon Friday
Forum talk tomorrow.<br>
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A little over a year ago, Vargas wrote a groundbreaking essay in the
New York Times Sunday Magazine revealing his "undocumented
immigrant" status. Since then, he founded Define American and has
worked to facilitate dialogue about the DREAM Act and immigration
issues. <b
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</span></b>This evening (7PM Thu) Vargas discusses<span
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Define American, a non-profit organization that<b> </b>seeks to
elevate the conversation around immigration.<br>
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Tomorrow (noon Fri), he <b
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talk about his experiences as an undocumented<b> </b>immigrant
and how debate over immigration<b> </b>policies is<b> </b>shaping
the 2012 election season. <br>
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<td>7pm Thu, noon Fri: Author, José Antonio Vargas speaks
about “undocumented” status and the immigration debate</td>
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<td>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:49:44 -0500</td>
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<td>Stuart Levy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:salevy@illinois.edu"><salevy@illinois.edu></a></td>
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<td>Peace <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net"><peace@anti-war.net></a></td>
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<td>Stuart Levy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:salevy@illinois.edu"><salevy@illinois.edu></a>, Peace Discuss
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net"><peace-discuss@anti-war.net></a></td>
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<b
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Author, José Antonio Vargas speaks on campus about
“undocumented” status and the immigration debate</span><br>
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<li>7PM Thursday, Oct. 25th, Lincoln Hall room 170 [Moved to
University YMCA Latzer Hall!]<br>
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<li>noon Friday, Oct 26th, University YMCA, Latzer Hall<br>
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<b
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<span
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Umland, Program Director, University YMCA</span><br>
<span
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value="+12173371514" target="_blank">217-337-1514</a>, </span><a
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target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">kasey@universityymca.org</span></a><span
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<span
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<span
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target="_blank"><span
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<span
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</b>Friday,<b> </b>October<b> </b>26th at 12:00 noon, the<b>
</b>University YMCA will host Pulitzer Prize winning
journalist José<b> </b>Antonio Vargas to talk about his
experiences as an undocumented<b> </b>immigrant and how
debate over immigration<b> </b>policies is<b> </b>shaping
the 2012 election season. </span><span
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<span
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<span
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the </span></b><span
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style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">beginning
of his career in journalism eight years ago, Vargas has
written hundreds of stories — including covering the 2008
presidential campaign for The Washington Post; profiling Al
Gore for Rolling Stone and Mark Zuckerberg for The New Yorker;
writing and producing a documentary on the AIDS epidemic in
the nation's capital; and winning a Pulitzer Prize for helping
cover the Virginia Tech massacre.</span></span><b
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A little over a year ago, Vargas wrote a groundbreaking essay
in the New York Times Sunday Magazine revealing his<b> </b>"undocumented
immigrant" status. <b> </b>Since then, he founded Define
American and has worked to facilitate dialogue about the DREAM
Act and immigration issues. </span><br>
<span
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<span
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</b>lectur</span></b><span
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is</span></span><b
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the seventh in a semester long series that examines the major<b>
</b>issues<b> </b>of the 2012 election season. All lectures
are<b> </b>free and open to the public. </span></b><b
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This lecture coincides<b> </b>with the ongoing “<i>Do I Look<b>
</b>Like An American to You?</i>” t-shirt campaign<b> </b>sponsored<b>
</b>by Interfaith in Action, La Colectiva, and Amnesty
International. <br>
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T-shirts will be on sale throughout the month of October<b> </b>at<b>
</b>the University YMCA.<br>
For more information, contact Carol at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:%28217%29%20337-1500"
value="+12173371500" target="_blank">(217) 337-1500</a>. </span><br>
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Read more:</span> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.voxxi.com/jose-antonio-vargas-defined-american/#ixzz28GxF82TS"
target="_blank"><span
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