BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:174@yellowspringsohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T210000 DTSTAMP:20260527T131941Z URL:https://yellowspringsohio.org/events/yellow-springs-speaker-series-w-j ose-antonio-vargas-and-dr-william-lopez/ SUMMARY:Yellow Springs Speaker Series w/ Jose Antonio Vargas and Dr. Willia m Lopez DESCRIPTION:Mad River Theater Works will continue its Ohio Arts Council sup ported Yellow Springs Speaker Series on June 5th with journalist Jose A ntonio Vargas and author Dr. William Lopez.\n\nIn this engaging conversati on between two insightful minds working at the intersection of public heal th\, policy\, media and activism\, we will explore many aspects of the cur rent state of immigration in America\, as well as the role of activists an d authors in the process of understanding and shining light on the struggl es our neighbors face.\n\n \;\n\nTickets are available here:  https:/ /antiochcollege.edu/event/ys-speaker-series-defining-american-in-the-heart land-a-conversation-between-jose-antonio-vargas-and-william-lopez-at-the-f oundry-theater/\n\nJose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journa list\, Emmy-nominated filmmaker\, and Tony-nominated theatrical producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants\, he founded the non-pr ofit immigrant storytelling organization Define American\, twice named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. His best-sell ing memoir\, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen\, was publishe d by Harper Collins in 2018. In 2026\, the Brooklyn Public Library named i t one of the 250 most notable books in U.S. history.\n\nDr. William Lopez  is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School o f Public Health and Faculty Associate in the Latina/o Studies Program. He is the author of Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation a nd Resistance\, a follow-up to his award-winning first book\, Separated: F amily and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid. In addition t o his academic research on the public health impacts of deportation\, Dr. Lopez regularly contributes to the public discussions on deportation\, div ersity\, and Latino culture in venues such as the Washington Post\, CNN\, San Antonio Express News\, Detroit Free Press\, and Truthout.\n\nGeneral a dmission tickets to the event are $15 for adults and $5 for youth/students . This event is part of a week-long “Immigrants Feed America” celebrat ion in Yellow Springs\, which also features a moderated screening of Varga s’ 2013 film Documented\, the unveiling of a community mural\, and food activations via Mazu\, a local global street food restaurant. The Yellow S prings Speaker Series is being supported by the Yellow Springs Community F oundation and the Yellow Springs Library Association. Books for an author signing will be available on site. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://yellowspringsohio.org/wp-content/uploads /2026/05/raiding-the-heartland.jpg CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture LOCATION:https://antiochcollege.edu/event/ys-speaker-series-defining-americ an-in-the-heartland-a-conversation-between-jose-antonio-vargas-and-william -lopez-at-the-foundry-theater/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR