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DISCUSSIONS AND EVENTS
Now in it’s 5th year the Mayor’s Book Club will host a series of public forums, art and photography exhibits, films
and conversations on a topic of great timeliness and importance: U.S. immigration policy and the experience of
immigrant laborers in our local and national undocumented economy. Throughout April the UT Humanities Institute, in
partnership with Austin Public Library and Mayor Wynn’s Office, will sponsor events to highlight this year’s book
choice. The book can be checked out or purchased at all Austin Public Library locations and local bookstores. Look
for the Mayor’s Book Club program guide on Wednesday, April 5 in the daily Austin American-Statesman and
please join us!
Panel Discussion and Kick-off program
April 4
Panel Discussion: "Perspectives on Immigration and The Undocumented Economy"
AFL-CIO Hall, 1106 Lavaca St. (7:00-9:00pm) English/Spanish
UT Journalism professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez will moderate. Panelists include: Mexican Consul General Jorge
Guajardo; UT Law Professor and director of the Immigration Clinic Barbara Hines; State Representative and former
Border Patrol Agent Juan Manuel Escobar; Executive Director of the Equal Justice Center, Bill Beardall; migrant
worker community leaders Maria Azucena and Porfirio Rojas. Translation will be available; Q & A to follow
panel.
FREE and open to the public.
PHOTO & ART EXHIBITS
“Building Austin’s Community: Immigrant Lives,”
A photo exhibit with stories about and by members of the Austin migrant worker community.
April 3-10
City Hall 301 W. Second Street
Opening reception with Mayor Wynn and CTIWoRC, an organization of migrant workers on April 3 at 6:00 p.m.
April 10–14
Johnston High School(library) 1012 Arthur Stiles
April 17–23
San José Catholic Church (Parish Hall) 2435 Oak Crest Avenue
April 24-26
Carver Branch 1161 Angelina St.
FREE and open to the public.
“Immigrants Exodus and Migrants Emergence”
A collection of original paintings, drawings and mixed media by local artist Ambray Gonzales.
March 27-April 20
Ruiz Branch, 1600 Grove Blvd.
& April 22-May 22
Carver Branch, 1161 Angelina St.
FREE and open to the public
FILM SCREENINGS
April 10
7:00 p.m. – Big Red Sun “The Nest”, 1102 E. Cesar Chavez St.
LETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Heather Courtney is a filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer based In Austin. She recently completed LETTERS
FROM THE OTHER SIDE, which uses cross-border video letters to tell the immigration story from the perspective of
the women left behind in Mexico. This documentary was recently screened at the 2006 Slamdance and SXSW Film
Festivals.
Discussion with the filmmaker and others to follow film.
For more information about this film visit www.lettersfromtheotherside.com
FREE and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
April 18
7:00 p.m. – Ruiz Library, 1600 Grove Blvd.
LOS TRABAJADORES
A documentary by Austin filmmaker, Heather Courtney that brings to life the vivid contradictions that haunt
America’s dependence on and discrimination against immigrant labor. Discussion to follow film.
For more information about this film visit www.newday.com/films/Los_Trabajadores.html
FREE and open to the public. Refreshments provided.
April 19
7:00 p.m. – Alamo Drafthouse, 409 Colorado St.
LA TRAGEDIA DE MACARIO
Screening, in partnership with Third Coast Activist Film Night, of a feature film by local filmmaker Pablo Véliz
based on the stories of the 19 immigrants who died outside of Victoria, Texas in 2003. A discussion with Véliz and
Austin filmmaker Sylvia Romo will follow.
Tickets - $6.50 general / $5 student, senior – are available at the event or online at www.drafthouse.com.
BOOK DISCUSSIONS
April 11
7:00 p.m. – Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe
The Devil’s Highway: Public Book Discussion
Led by Yolanda Padilla, A Professor of Social Work and Women’s Studies at UT. FREE and open to the public.
April 17
7:00 p.m. – Hampton Branch at Oak Hill,
5125 Convict Hill Rd.
The Devil’s Highway: Public Book Discussion
Led by John McKiernan-Gonzalez, Asst. Professor of History at UT.
FREE and open to the public.
April 24
7:00 p.m. – Howson Branch, 2500 Exposition.
The Devil’s Highway: Public Book Discussion
Led by Sylvia Romo, Austin filmmaker and UT graduate student in Latin American Studies.
FREE and open to the public.
April 26
Finale: Author Visit
6:00 p.m. – Reception, 7:00 p.m. – Program Starts
Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Theater, 1165 Angelina St.
A conversation and Q&A with Luis Alberto Urrea.
To read more about this year’s Mayor’s Book Club participants which include UT Professors, artists, and filmmakers click here…
Visit our previous Mayor's Book Club resource guides online:
Spring 2005: Writing Austin's Lives by Metro Austin
Residents
Spring 2004: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Spring 2003: Holes by Louis Sachar
Spring 2002: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
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