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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- May 24, 2017
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- Speakers
- Alfredo Corchado, Angela Kocherga, Primitivo Rodriguez, David Suro, Kenneth Trujillo
- Topics
- immigration
Where do Mexican-American immigrants fit in the fabric of American life? Join us as we welcome IOP Fellow Alfredo Corchado, David Suro, Primitivo Rodriguez, and Kenneth I. Trujillo to discuss this question, drawing from their own immigrant experiences. Mr. Trujillo entered politics and ran for mayor in Philadelphia. A serial entrepreneur, he's also one of the top lawyers in the country. Mr. Rodriguez, before returning to Mexico, was a community and political organizer in Chicago and Philadelphia, forming binational organizations to protect the civil rights of Mexicans on both sides of the border. Mr. Suro, a restaurateur, seduces Americans via cuisine and spirits. His work generates jobs on both sides of the border, serving as an ambassador of Mexico’s quiet power. Moderating this event is Angela Kocherga, director of the borderlands bureau of Cronkite News at Arizona PBS.
- Alfredo Corchado Spring 2017 Pritzker Fellow, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Border-Mexico Correspondent, The Dallas Morning News, Author, and Co-Director of The Borderlands Program at The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
- Angela Kocherga News Director, KTEP
- Primitivo Rodriguez Community and Political Organizer
- David Suro Restaurateur
- Kenneth Trujillo Attorney