Thursday, April 15, 11am-12:15pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This event will be a conversation with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio about her groundbreaking book The Undocumented Americans.

About The Undocumented Americans:

At a time when the fabled American Dream is turning into a nightmare for so many, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s searing debut, “The Undocumented Americans,” is an incandescent and fearless indictment against the dark systemic forces of racism and immigration injustice. Part memoir, part journalism, part testimonio, “The Undocumented Americans” looks well beyond the flashpoints of the border or the activism of the Dreamers, and allows the individuals profiled to be seen more fully and felt more compassionately as vibrant, complex, and dignified human beings. In her relentlessly-probing voice, Karla Cornejo Villaviencio combines sensitive reporting with her own experiences as an undocumented writer to show the love, magic, heartbreak, insanity, and vulgarity that infuse the day-to-day lives of housekeepers in Miami, Ground Zero cleanup workers in New York City, day laborers in Staten Island, families facing deportation in Ohio and Connecticut, and immigrants in Flint, Michigan who struggle to access life-saving clean water.

This book is a Barack Obama favourite book of 2020.

Presenter:

• Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Author of The Undocumented Americans, PhD Candidate in American Studies, Yale University

This program will be moderated by Reanne Frank, Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University; and Melissa Rodriguez, LASER mentor, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University

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In conjunction with Bringing the Border to Columbus: A Virtual Symposium, April 12-16.