Talk: U.S. Mexican Border & Immigration Debate [] PEN International
Event Category: All Events, Community Events, and Literary Events
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In words and photos, Cegarra and Taladrid will present their work along the US-Mexico border and discuss how the two countries have addressed the present humanitarian crisis. Both journalists will also offer their insights into how to cover immigration in a hyper-politicized context. The presentation will open with a screening of “American Scar,” a short documentary reported and produced by Taladrid on the environmental implications of the border wall.
Stephania Taladrid grew up in Mexico, the US, Spain and France and earned an MA in Latin American studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. At The New Yorker, she covers Latino communities across the US; she has written on the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and covered the overturning of Roe v. Wade with a series of investigative stories on the end of the abortion-rights era. Judges awarding her the American Society of Magazine Editors Next Award for outstanding achievement by journalists under 30 cited her “stories about socioeconomics and border policy,” centering on people “often marginalized or overlooked in the political debate.”
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Alejandro Cegarra began studying photography in Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía while at Alejandro Humboldt University. He has freelanced for such publications as National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Washington Post. His own work reflects on the personal and collective sense of belonging, especially the loss of and search for a home, as well as the denunciation of human rights violations in Venezuela and Mexico, where now he lives. In addition to his National Geographic honor, he was shortlisted for the 2022 Sony World Photography Award in Contemporary Issues, and won the 2021 Fotoevidence Book Award as part of a Covid Latam Collective.
San Miguel PEN is a chapter of PEN International, the organization of writers that defends freedom of expression, working on behalf of imprisoned writers around the world. San Miguel PEN is especially proud of its support for local literacy programs and its efforts in providing funds to aid Mexican journalists receiving credible death threats aa well as the families of the far too many who are murdered. Your 200-peso contribution helping to sustain our work includes this event and a complimentary glass of wine with dinner afterwards at Vivali Restaurant, Hernandez Macias 66. Tickets: online at sanmiguelpen.com, in the Biblioteca Tienda or at the door.
PEN International San Miguel Center
The San Miguel de Allende, Mexico centre of PEN International, a worldwide association of writers fighting for freedom of expression
San Miguel PEN, one of the 145 centers of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers with centers in 104 countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers everywhere, fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature. San Miguel PEN is in San Miguel de Allende, in the middle of Mexico on the high plateau. It was created in 1979 as a center for English-speaking writers in Latin America in hopes of unifying the English and Spanish linguistic communities within PEN. San Miguel PEN promotes the Spanish language in all its work.
Our Programs:
The PEN Writers in Prison Committee has been a focus of the San Miguel center for over 20 years. In 2002 San Miguel hosted the PEN Writers in Prison Committee’s international conference. This work involves answering countless calls for emergency action to aid those in legal trouble for their writing, including prison and threats of death. San Miguel PEN is also active in International PEN’s Women Writers Committee, its Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, and the PEN Iberoamerican Foundation (a regional organization). San Miguel PEN sponsors local literary programs and a local scholarship program that helps Mexican children with limited financial resources stay in school. It participates in major Mexican literary events, such as the enormous yearly Feria Internacional del Libro in Guadalajara. PEN members travel at their own expense to represent the group at the United Nations and at international conferences. San Miguel PEN sponsors an annual Winter Lecture Series to fund local activities and help support the international organization. Contact us HERE.
Mailing Address:San Miguel PEN Center Apdo. 287 37700 San Miguel de Allende, GTO Mexico -
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