On Monday, May 7, Pulitzer Prize winning Jose-Antonio Vargas visited the UW to talk about immigration.
Jose-Antonio is a remarkable individual who put himself through coming out of the close
twice in the name of justice and equality; and he did it by revealing
with the World that he is
undocumented and
gay .
His presentation at the UW was unique in the sense that brought laughter to a serious topic, quoting
@davismadeline on
her article for The Daily of the University of Washington.
Hate E-Mail, Genius! Jose-Antonio shared a hate e-mail with his audience of over 300 people, and people couldn't help to laugh (I'm glad they did).
The content was so ignorant that it was hilarious, but at the same time taught us something -- the battle against ignorance will never end, so we must keep fighting and educating others.
WHO are we talking to VS WHO we need to talk to Another VERY important point that Jose-Antonio brought was that the majority of current supporters of the Dream Act and Immigration Reform are
Hispanic and
Asian .
He calls for the need to get other groups involved for a better more realistic coverage about Immigration. which is what Jose-Antonio is attempting to do with his new media campaign
#DefineAmerican .
Jose-Antonio is truly an inspirational story for all of us here at WDAC and it was great that some of us had the opportunity to hear from him in person.
Below are some of the reactions on Twitter of Jose-Antonio's visit to the UW: [<a href="http://storify.com/alonsochehade/joseiswriting-uw-visit" target="_blank">View the story "@joseiswriting UW Visit" on Storify</a>]<h1>@joseiswriting UW Visit</h1><h2>On May 7th, 2012 the Social Work Immigration Alliance (SWIA) hosted Jose Antonio Vargas to his first official visit to the University of Washington.</h2><p>Storified by Alonso Chehade · Thu, May 17 2012 01:18:20</p><div>Listening to @joseiswriting crack up a crowd at UW: "My intro to America was...Seinfeld. I thought everyone was Jewish"Keegan Hamilton</div><div>Genius @joseiswriting shares hate e-mail with audience #DefineAmericanUWWDAC</div><div>Every 30 seconds there is a Hispanic person who turns 18 and is eligible to vote @joseiswriting at @uw talk. #defineamericanMaha J</div><div>Thank you @joseiswriting for coming to UW! Your work & words inspire me to continue sharing untold stories through journalism.Sandi Halimuddin</div><div>Last night, Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) spoke to students about his life as an undocumented immigrant: http://bit.ly/KKeCJvThe Daily of the UW</div><div>Looking forward to having @joseiswriting speak with our journalism class this morning!Sarah Elson</div><div>interesting talk about #immigration in #COM363 today with @joseiswriting. now I have a whole new perspective as to why I'm doing this!Jessica Yuwanto</div><div>@joseiswriting just spoke to my multimedia class & he was awesome! Check out his story & his work regarding immigration http://www.defineamerican.com/Lauren LeMieux</div> Now how about a brainstorming session.
What are some of the things that we can do here in Washington to reach a different audience about the Dream Act and Immigration Reform?
