“I understand my travels and my duty as a Romani young man, and my time as a volunteer... as the response to a reality that I cannot accept anymore and I’m full of serenity, full of peace, knowing that I’m using my life and my time in the best way possible, in the pursuit of Justice.”
Vicente Rodriguez Fernandez
AKA Magneto
Spanish Romani Activist
Speaking November 3rd
4:30—6:00PM UW Seattle
Padelford C-101 Join Us!
Human rights activist, screenwriter, cartoonist and pop culture expert, Vicente raises awareness on the discrimination of Romani people worldwide and taps into Comic Art as a vehicle for social change. Vicente is also:
- Forbes choice for 2016 30-Under-30 for Policy Change in Europe
- Co-Founder of YAG BARI-TernYpe International Roma Youth Network
- Fellow at the Open Society Foundation
- Co-Director for the CHID Legacies of Empires study-abroad program in Europe
To book Vicente for a speaking engagement or class visit: please contact: UW: Erin Clowes clowese@uw.edu UWB: Jody Early @ jearly3@uw.edu
An estimated 11 million Romani, (commonly and pejoratively known as Gypsies), make up Europe's largest ethnic minority. Some six million live in the EU, most of them EU citizens. The Romani endure prejudice and social exclusion, despite the fact that EU countries have banned discrimination.
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