The Power of Labeling: A Talk by José P. Ramirez, Jr., author of "Squint: My Journey with Leprosy", 19 November

The Power of Labeling: A Talk by José P. Ramirez, Jr., author of "Squint: My Journey with Leprosy"

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Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 am

Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Louisiana 70803

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Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 am (CST)

Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana 70803

95 Field House Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70893, United States

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The Power of Labeling: A Talk by José P. Ramirez, Jr., author of "Squint: My Journey with Leprosy"
LSU Libraries Special Collections will host a free public talk on Hansen’s disease on November 19 at 5:30 p.m. in Hill Memorial Library. José P. Ramirez, Jr., a two-time LSU alumnus and Texas-based social worker, will discuss his memoir, Squint: My Journey with Leprosy. Special guests include social worker Magdalena Ramirez (wife of José P. Ramirez, Jr.), and authors Anne Harmon Brett, also a graduate of LSU (The Disease: One Man’s Journey Through a Life with Leprosy), and Claire Manes (Out of the Shadow of Leprosy: the Carville Letters and Stories of the Landry Family). All are advocates for a better understanding of Hansen’s disease and an end to the stigma associated with it.

The event is held in association with the exhibition, Public Pathogens: Louisiana's Historical Struggle with Disease. The program is free and open to the public.


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The Power of Labeling: A Talk by José P. Ramirez, Jr., author of "Squint: My Journey with Leprosy", 19 November
The Power of Labeling: A Talk by José P. Ramirez, Jr., author of "Squint: My Journey with Leprosy"
Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 am