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Talk, Book Signing and Film Screening with Juan González at the University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

October 13, 2017 | Friday | 12:30 pm

University of VIrginia

235 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA
22904-4893 ( see map )
Two events with Juan González in the UVA campus.

12:30 p.m.
Talk and Book Signing at Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Democracy Now!’s Juan González will give a public talk on his new book RECLAIMING GOTHAM: Bill de Blasio and the Movement to End America’s Tale of Two Cities. Juan will sign books after the talk.

2:00 p.m.
Film Screening at Newcomb Hall
Following the 12:30 p.m. talk and book signing, there will be a 2 p.m. screening of González’s Harvest of Empire at Newcomb Hall. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Juan González, along with Mr. Rolando Chacón, former General Counsel of Guatemala, and other local Latino community leaders. Refreshments will be provided

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Juan González has been a professional journalist for more than 40 years and was a staff columnist at the New York Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He is a two-time recipient of the George Polk Award for commentary (1998 and 2010) and was inducted into the Deadline Club’s New York Journalism Hall of Fame in 2015. A professor of Journalism and Media...