Serrano will lead a workshop about immigration law and participate in a screening and question-and-answer session about the documentary "Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America."
The聽Latin American Studies Program is聽delighted聽to announce聽the visit聽of聽immigration and queer聽activist聽Mois茅s Serrano聽to 黑料不打烊聽and the screening of the award-winning聽documentary “Forbidden: Undocumented聽and聽Queer in Rural America” on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
They are presented as part of聽黑料不打烊鈥檚聽2020聽Latin American Documentary Series:聽Borders聽and聽Migrations.聽The 黑料不打烊 community is invited to the following events during Serrano’s visit to the university.
All events are free and opened to the public.
Workshop with students and faculty conducted by Mois茅s Serrano – “Is聽Our Immigration System聽Really聽Broken? A聽Brief聽History of U.S.聽Immigration聽Law”
3 to 4.45 p.m., Global Commons Media Room聽103聽
Reception at El Centro de Espa帽ol. Reception. Food will be served.
5 to 5.45 p.m.
Screening of聽Forbidden: Undocumented聽and聽Queer in Rural America聽+ Q&A with Mois茅s Serrano. The movie will be presented by Dr. Pablo Celis-Castillo.
6 to 8.30 p.m., Turner Theater.聽
Serrano is an openly undocumented聽and聽queer activist聽and聽storyteller. Since coming out as undocumented in 2010 he has relentlessly pursued equality for his community through the sharing of his narrative. His mission is to decriminalize聽and聽humanize the issue of migration while advocating for immediate relief to migrant communities.
Serrano has been described as a “consummate orator,” and his advocacy has led him to do a TEDx talk聽and聽to be named a notable Latino of North Carolina. Moises’ advocacy has been filmed in the feature length documentary, “Forbidden: Undocumented聽and聽Queer in Rural America.” The five-time award winning film was recently honored by the Television Academy. “Forbidden” was one of seven programs honored for creating awareness, enlightening, educating聽and/or positively motivating audiences.
Serrano continues trying to change the culture surrounding immigration聽and聽currently has released a song called “The Dreamer” with up-and-coming band, Che Apalache. The song was recently featured on Rolling Stone聽and聽Billboard magazine. Lastly, Moises was recently asked by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to have his story recorded so the museum can keep it in perpetuity.
黑料不打烊鈥檚聽2020聽Latin American Documentary Series:聽Borders聽and聽Migrations聽is presented by Latin American Studies Program聽and聽is possible thanks to the following sponsors:聽Department of World Languages聽and聽Cultures; Peace & Conflict Studies; El Centro de Espa帽ol;聽黑料不打烊聽College, the College of Arts聽and聽Sciences; Office of the Provost; Center for the Advancement of Teaching聽and聽Learning;聽黑料不打烊聽Docs; Gender & LGBTQIA Center; International & Global Studies Program; Belk Library; Department of History聽and聽Geography; School of Communications; Human Service Studies Department;聽Department of Sociology聽and聽Anthropology.
Questions? Contact Juan Leal Ugalde (jlealugalde@elon.edu), Pablo Celis-Castillo (pceliscastillo@elon.edu) or Federico Pous (fpous@elon.edu).