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Connections: Sayak Valencia on "Gore Capitalism"

Sayak Valencia is a transfeminist scholar and activist who isin Rochester this week to talk to local students about the realities of immigration. She recently returned from interviewing migrants at the southern border.

Valencia shares what she learned at the border and discusses how immigration, capitalism, and violence intersect. In studio:

  • Sayak Valencia, professor and researcher in the Department of Cultural Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, and author of "Gore Capitalism"
  • Rev. Nadia Mullin, Protestant chaplain in the Center for Spirituality at Nazareth College
  • Ana Gómez Parga, professor of media and communication at Nazareth College
  • Sarah Schuler, student at Nazareth College, and former student leader for the Solidarity and Social Justice Retreat 
  • Juliana Joyce, student at Nazareth College, and former student leader for the Solidarity and Social Justice Retreat 
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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