{"id":13399,"date":"2026-01-27T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=13399"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:03:12","slug":"the-undocumented-americans-a-book-discussion-with-karla-cornejo-villavicencio","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/the-undocumented-americans-a-book-discussion-with-karla-cornejo-villavicencio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Undocumented Americans: A Book Discussion with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, America celebrates its 250th\u00a0Anniversary! In recognition, Kingston\u00a0Library\u00a0will be holding a series of programs where each month they will examine a different aspect of\u00a0America\u2019s history, legacy, and future potential.\u00a0This month, they will explore immigration.<\/p>\n<p>As a nation with a history of immigration, currently grappling with questions of who and how many to accept, Kingston Library will be using\u00a0<em>The Undocumented Americans<\/em>\u00a0by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, to frame the conversation about the current issues and shed light on first-hand experience.<\/p>\n<p>Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is\u00a0one of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard. She\u00a0combines sensitive reporting and powerful personal narratives to bring to light remarkable stories of resilience, madness, and death.\u00a0The stories she tells are not deferential or naively inspirational but show the love, magic, heartbreak, insanity, and vulgarity that infuse the day-to-day lives of her subjects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goodworkinstitute.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b9dfa866103d92dfbb5102cb9&amp;id=a17660e20e&amp;e=3c96ba7d48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/goodworkinstitute.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db9dfa866103d92dfbb5102cb9%26id%3Da17660e20e%26e%3D3c96ba7d48&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1769612933100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0B79MnMzqmKwGi_gwYp4v5\">INFO + REGISTRATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, America celebrates its 250th\u00a0Anniversary! In recognition, Kingston\u00a0Library\u00a0will be holding a series of programs where each month they will examine a different aspect of\u00a0America\u2019s history, legacy, and future potential.\u00a0This &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/the-undocumented-americans-a-book-discussion-with-karla-cornejo-villavicencio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Undocumented Americans: A Book Discussion with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9436,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-13399","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13401,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13399\/revisions\/13401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13399"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=13399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}