In honor of its 75th anniversary, Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) will bring Emmy and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Maria Hinojosa to Kansas City on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m.
The free event will be held at the Kansas City Art Institute (4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111).
In a conversation moderated by Christy Moreno, chief advocacy and impact officer at Revolución Educativa, Hinojosa will share reflections from her memoir, “Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America” and her experience growing up Mexican-American on the south side of Chicago intertwined with the history of U.S. immigration policy. Her personal story and her work sharing the stories of others highlights disparities and the impact of immigration and immigration policy on Americans.
Hinojosa is the founder of Futuro Media, a nonprofit newsroom in Harlem, New York, made to create multimedia content from the perspective of people of color. She is also the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast “Suave,” which focuses on her relationship with David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, in addition to telling the story of thousands of other people sentenced to die in prison for a crime they committed as a minor.
Additionally, Hinojosa is the anchor and executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning show “Latino USA” on NPR; cohost of the “In The Thick” political podcast; and has her reporting featured on PBS, CBS, WNBC, CNN, NPR and more.
More information is available at jvskc.org/calendar/2024-jvs-annual-meeting.
