Define American is the immigration-focused nonprofit that Jose Antonio Vargas co-founded in 2011 and has helped run ever since. The organization uses public relations campaigns and media consultancy to change the stories told about immigrants and immigration in the U.S.
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Define American Term Timeline in Dear America
The timeline below shows where the term Define American appears in Dear America. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Chapter 17: Outlaw
...as an Undocumented Immigrant” in June 2011. Around the same time, he started the nonprofit Define American , which tries to change the stories told about undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
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Part 2, Chapter 19: Inside Fox News
Vargas didn’t know if he should go on Fox News. But his friend and Define American cofounder Jehmu Greene (who appears on Fox herself) convinced him that was the only way...
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Part 2, Chapter 20: Public Person, Private Self
...laid off and divorced. Vargas gave Eric his email address and a link to the Define American facts page.
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Part 3, Chapter 3: Distant Intimacy
...Brewer, a sympathetic, charming, well-connected Tennessean who worked in nonprofits. Jake helped Vargas start up Define American and hire key staffers like the campaign director Ryan Eller. Jake always believed in Vargas,...
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Part 3, Chapter 4: Leaving
...to Canada. He seriously considered it—he looked for apartments in Toronto, made plans to run Define American from abroad, and told his beloved Aunt Gladys. His family also knew that he wouldn’t...
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