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Nomads and Passengers: Central American Immigration Across Mexico Tuesday, 02-Feb-2010 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM International Speakers Corner Phone: 630-942-3079
Presented by photographer, John Sevigny. For several years, John Sevigny worked as a volunteer for the Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, in Northern Mexico at the Belen Posada del Migrante, a shelter for Central American immigrants crossing Mexico to come to the U.S. From 2007 to 2009, he participated in two documentary photographic projects on the difficulties Central American immigrants face. He will discuss immigration issues as they relate to human trafficking, extortion of Central Americans by Mexican law engorcement agencies and organized crime rings in order to shed light on some lesser know aspects of the immigration phenomenon.
Sevigny teaches photography and is a photographic artist. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Sevigny has lived in Mexico for 10 years. He studied at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, worked as an Associated Press journalist, and has exhibited his personal photographs across the United States and Mexico.
Location:
SRC 1450a
College of Dupage
