Community Conversation with Sonia Nazario & Alex Kotlowitz March 25, 2009

Two award-winning journalists, Sonia Nazario and Chicago’s own Alex Kotlowitz, will come together to discuss their work and explore why story and narrative are so important in understanding the issues of immigration today. Presented in partnership with The Allstate Foundation. Sonia Nazario’s book, Enrique’s Journey, based upon her Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper series in the Los Angeles Times, recounts the story of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship to reach his mother in the United States. Alex Kotlowitz, an award-winning journalist, is best known for his book There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America. His most recent book, Never a City So Real, is an iconic portrait of Chicago. Over the last several years, Kotlowitz has written immigration-focused articles, including an exploration of the debate over illegal immigration in a small Illinois town.

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