The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Alumni Association will be holding an event titled “A Conversation with Junot Díaz” this Friday, May 17th in Washington, DC.
The event will feature Pulitzer Prize winning author, Junot Díaz, and will raise funds to support CHCI’s Latino Leadership Programs.
Díaz, born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2008, and was the first Latino to sit on the Pulitzer Prize board of jurors in 2010. He will join CHCI for a meet-and-greet and to talk about his novels, short stories, and of his experience growing up as a Dominican immigrant in urban New Jersey.
Who: CHCI Alumni Association
What: Invitation to “A Conversation with Junot Díaz”
When: Friday, May 17, 2013
4:15pm – 5:15pm- Meet & Greet (Premier ticket holders only)
5:30pm – 7:00pm- Program
7:00pm – 8:00pm- Reception
Where: Google Offices
1101 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Entrance on I Street, 2nd Floor
To register online and purchase tickets, click here.
For more information, please contact Janet Arias at jarias@chci.org.
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