In this talk, Julio Salgado explores immigration, queerness, and the mainstream media representation of people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community. He underscores the power of creativity and the important role of artivisim in social movements. He shows how to use art to confront xenophobia, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other societal ills. The lecture is a visual journey that examines the work he has created and collaborations he has been part of to facilitate social transformation.

Julio Salgado is the co-founder of DreamersAdrift and the Migrant Storytelling Manager for The Center for Cultural Power. His status as an undocumented, queer artivist has fueled the contents of his visual art, which depict key individuals and moments of the DREAM Act and the migrant rights movement. Undocumented students, organizers and allies across the country have used Salgado’s artwork to call attention to the migrant rights movement. Salgado is also the co-creator of The Disruptors Fellowship, an inaugural fellowship for emerging television writers of color who identify as trans/and or non-binary, disabled, undocumented and/or formerly undocumented immigrants. His work has been displayed at the Oakland Museum, SFMOMA and Smithsonian.

A recording of this symposium was archived. You can access it here.