91猫先生 is pleased to host 鈥Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America,鈥 a book event by author Ken Salazar at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in Leon Memorial Hall. Books will be available for purchase.
The event will include a discussion with Adams State President David Tandberg, Ph.D., and Ambassador Ken Salazar, followed by a book signing. A reception will follow at the Marvel House.
About the Author
Ken Salazar is a fifth generation Coloradan, whose ancestors have lived in the American Southwest for over four centuries. Ken grew up in his native San Luis Valley on the remote Salazar homestead, where his family continues to farm and ranch the same property they鈥檝e owned since before Colorado became a state.
Ken served as United States ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025, as US secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama (2009鈥2013), as Colorado鈥檚 35th US senator (2005鈥2009), and as Colorado state attorney general (1999-2005).
Ken devotes much of his time to family and ranching in the San Luis Valley. He continues to be a champion for conservation, civil rights, and an inclusive America.
About 鈥Borderlands鈥
Informed by his life journey, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar shares his unrivaled vantage on the U.S.-Mexico relationship, the border and migration crisis, and his belief that the diversity of our many communities and cultures is America鈥檚 superpower.
Borderlands is a clarion call for a different way forward, one that unites North America instead of divides it. It invites you to come and see the prairies, deserts, and mountains, and feel the history and culture of our peoples. Come and meet your neighbors. Come and witness the strength of American diversity for yourself.
Like many Mexican Americans, the Salazars have deep roots in the American Southwest. They have ranched and farmed along the banks of the Rio Grande for more than four centuries, and have called the San Luis Valley home since the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848.
Borderlands traces the relationship of the United States and Mexico from its early days to the present. Ken recounts the early conflicts between our two countries; the treaties that created our modern and broken border; the political malpractice of both major U.S. parties where it concerns migration and the border; and the necessity to fight for an inclusive and united America.
