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ACSA SPEAKER SERIES: Jose Antonio Vargas

January 22, 2018

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We sat down with Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist, filmmaker and advocate Jose Antonio Vargas at the 2017 ACSA Leadership Summit to talk about his experiences as an undocumented immigrant and what it meant to him to have the strong support of teachers and educational leaders. Check out our article on Vargas at www.facebook.com/acsafans and learn more about how you can support undocumented students at www.acsa.org/undocumented To learn more about Jose Antonio Vargas and his work go to www.defineamerican.com

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