"The Most Costly Journey": Latin American Migrant Workers, Health Care, and Collaborative Non-Fiction Comics

Join the MRV Libraries at the Warren Public Library in welcoming Andy Kolovos from the Vermont Folklife Center and Julia Grand Doucet from the Open Door Clinic. They will share an overview of the goals of the El Viaje Más Caro Project, the collaborative methods that define its approach, and insight into the lives and experiences of the workers whose labor supports the continued viability of dairy farming in Vermont.

In 2021 the Vermont Folklife Center published The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont Drawn by New England Cartoonists, the Vermont Reads choice for 2022. The book consists of English language comics created by the El Viaje Más Caro Project, a health care outreach effort of the Open Door Clinic and University of Vermont Extension Bridges to Health that uses comics as a tool to address the overlooked mental health needs of Latin American migrant workers in Vermont.

Sponsored by the MRV Libraries with assistance from Vermont Humanities. Part of the Vermont Reads Program.

Event Info

Nov 28, 2024, 3 to 4:30 PM

Nov 29, 2024, 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Dec 3, 2024, 10 AM to 4 PM