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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Forwarding this by request, Documented, Jose Antonio Vargas events.
<i>-Linda</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Linda,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Can you send these to the POLS faculty and students?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hannah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Film Screening / Tuesday, January 15</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:black">Documented</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">7:00–8:30PM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Sponsored by the Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture Series, The Commons at KU, The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the KU Office of Research, Lawrence Interfaith Refugee and Immigrant Ministry, Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies, and Lawrence Public Library</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">In 2011, Jose Antonio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Vargas<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>New York Times Magazine</i>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Documented<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>chronicles
his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his public struggle as an immigration reform activist/provocateur; and his journey inward as he reconnects with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in 20 years. A broken immigration system leads to broken
families and broken lives. Before showing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Documented</i>, we will screen a short film made by KU students, that features local immigration stories.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This event will also feature a short film, produced with Centro Hispano, on local migration stories.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture & Book Signing / Thursday, January 24</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Jose Antonio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Vargas</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">7:00–8:30PM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Sponsored by the Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture Series and The Commons</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Jose Antonio<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Vargas<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and a leading voice for the human rights of immigrants. He
is a founder and chief executive officer of Define American, the nation’s leading nonprofit media organization that fights injustice and anti-immigrant hate through the power of storytelling. He is the author of the forthcoming memoir,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Dear
America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen</i>, (HarperCollins, 2018). Reserve free tickets at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.thecommons.ku.edu"><span style="color:purple">www.thecommons.ku.edu</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Director, The Commons</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The University of Kansas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1340 Jayhawk Blvd.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lawrence, KS 66045</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">785-864-6293</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.thecommons.ku.edu">www.thecommons.ku.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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