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The Library Legacy Foundation is proud to present Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and a leading voice for the human rights of immigrants.
The Library Legacy Foundation is proud to present Jose Antonio Vargas.
About Jose Antonio Vargas:
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and a leading voice for the human rights of immigrants. He is the founder and CEO of Define American, the nation’s leading non-profit media and culture organization that fights injustice and anti-immigrant hate through the power of storytelling. In 2011, the New York Times Magazine published a ground breaking essay he wrote in which he revealed and chronicled his life in America as an undocumented immigrant.
A year later, he appeared on the cover of TIME magazine worldwide with fellow undocumented immigrants as part of a follow-up cover story he wrote. He then produced and directed Documented, a documentary feature film on his undocumented experience. It aired on CNN, streamed on Netflix, and received a 2015 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Documentary. Also, in 2015, MTV aired White People, an Emmy-nominated television special he produced and directed on what it means to be young and white in a demographically-changing America.
About the Event:
At each program, authors speak for about 45 minutes, followed by a short question and answer session. Following the program, the featured author will be available for a limited book signing. Restrictions are subject to the author, their management, or event circumstances. Books will not be for sale at the event, as a copy of the book is included with each ticket.
