Santa Clara University

Define American: Undocumented Immigration and the Future of the Country
Lecture by Jose Antonio Vargas
Thursday, 5/17/12, at 7 p.m.
Wiegand Room, Arts and Sciences Building

Mr. Vargas is an award-winning multimedia journalist and the founder of Define American, a new campaign that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration.

He has been a journalist for more than a decade, writing for some of the most prestigious news organizations in the U.S. Most recently he was a senior contributing editor at the Huffington Post, where he launched the Technology and College sections. Prior to that he covered tech and video game culture, HIV/AIDS, and the 2008 presidential campaign for the Washington Post. He was part of the team that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for covering the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, and in 2007 the daily journal Politico named him one of the 50 Politicos to Watch.

Questions? Please contact David DeCoss at ddecosse@scu.edu