[Peace] *moved* 7pm Thu, noon Fri: Author, José Antonio Vargas speaks about “undocumented” status and the immigration debate

[Stuart Levy]

Note - José Antonio Vargas' talk this evening, *7PM Thu 10/25*, is 
*moving to a larger space* - it'll be in the University YMCA's large 
room, Latzer Hall, the same location as his noon Friday Forum talk tomorrow.
**
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. *

*This evening (7PM Thu) Vargas discusses*Define American, a non-profit 
organization that**seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration.
*
Tomorrow (noon Fri), he *will talk about his experiences as an 
undocumented**immigrant and how debate over immigration**policies 
is**shaping the 2012 election season.
*

Details below...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	7pm Thu, noon Fri: Author, José Antonio Vargas speaks about 
“undocumented” status and the immigration debate
Date: 	Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:49:44 -0500
From: 	Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu>
To: 	Peace <peace at anti-war.net>
CC: 	Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu>, Peace Discuss 
<peace-discuss at anti-war.net>



*Pulitzer-Winning Author, José Antonio Vargas speaks on campus about 
“undocumented” status and the immigration debate
*

  * 7PM Thursday, Oct. 25th, Lincoln Hall room 170 [Moved to University
    YMCA Latzer Hall!]
  * noon Friday, Oct 26th, University YMCA, Latzer Hall

*Contact:
Kasey Umland, Program Director, University YMCA
217-337-1514 <tel:217-337-1514>, kasey at universityymca.org 
<mailto:kasey at universityymca.org>

Website: http://www.universityymca.org/friday_forum/

On**Friday,**October**26th at 12:00 noon, the**University YMCA will host 
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist José**Antonio Vargas to talk about his 
experiences as an undocumented**immigrant and how debate over 
immigration**policies is**shaping the 2012 election season.

Since the *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.*

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.

The**lectur*e is*the seventh in a semester long series that examines the 
major**issues**of the 2012 election season.  All lectures are**free and 
open to the public. **

This lecture coincides**with the ongoing “/Do I Look**Like An American 
to You?/” t-shirt campaign**sponsored**by Interfaith in Action, La 
Colectiva, and Amnesty International.

T-shirts will be on sale throughout the month of October**at**the 
University YMCA.
For more information, contact Carol at (217) 337-1500 
<tel:%28217%29%20337-1500>.

Read more: 
http://www.voxxi.com/jose-antonio-vargas-defined-american/#ixzz28GxF82TS*




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