Joseph Vogel

Infobox Writer
name = Joseph Vogel


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birthdate = Birth date and age|1981|8|4|mf=y
birthplace = Provo, Utah
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occupation = Author
nationality = USA
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debut_works = "Free Speech 101"
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website = http://www.josephvogel.net/
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Joseph Vogel (born August 4, 1981)fact|date=June 2008 is an American author and activist.

He made national headlines in 2004 when, as Student Vice President of Academics at Utah Valley State, he invited film maker Michael Moore to speak on campus. [ [http://chronicle.com/subscribe/login?url=/weekly/v51/i09/09a04801.htm The Chronicle of Higher Education] ] The invitation incited an uproar amongst the predominantly conservative Utah County community. [cite news|author=Warner, Laura|title=UVSC student officers not backing down|work=Deseret News|url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,595097360,00.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] Vogel subsequently wrote a book about the experience entitled "Free Speech 101"; the book became a 2007 Independent Publisher Book Award Finalist. [cite web|title=Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results|work=IP Feature|publisher=Independent Publisher|url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1157&urltitle=Announcing%202007%20Independent%20Publisher%20Book%20Awards%20Results | accessdate=2008-09-17] An award-winning documentary, "This Divided State" (in which Vogel appears), also recounts the story of Michael Moore's controversial visit to Utah Valley. [cite web|title=This Divided State|publisher=Minority Films, LLC|date=2005|url=http://www.thisdividedstate.com/|accessdate=2008-09-17]

In 2007, Vogel helped a group known as the "BYU 25" organize an "alternative commencement" in protest of Vice President Dick Cheney's invitation to speak at Brigham Young University's graduation ceremony. [cite web|title=BYU Alternative Commencement|date=February 4, 2008|format=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080204040235/http://www.byualternativecommencement.com/|accessdate=2008-09-17] [cite news|author=Nader, Ralph|authorlink=Ralph Nader|date=April 30, 2007|title=Faith, Accountability and Protest in Utah: Cheney and the BYU 25|work=CounterPunch|url=http://counterpunch.org/nader05012007.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] [cite news|author=Vogel, Joe|title=An Alternative Commencement to Remember|date=May 1, 2007|work=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/an-alternative-commenceme_b_47397.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] The "BYU 25" raised over $23,000 dollars in a matter of weeks, with many of the donations coming from readers of the liberal blog, the Daily Kos. [cite web|author=minorityfilms|title=Mormon Cheney Protesters Pay the Price|work=Daily Kos|url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/23/164221/350|accessdate=2008-09-17] The alternative commencement featured consumer advocate Ralph Nader, human rights activist Jack Healey, and former U.S. Senate candidate Pete Ashdown. A documentary about the BYU 25 is currently in post-production. [cite web|title=The BYU 25|work=The Internet Movie Database|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032038/|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Vogel is an active supporter of Democratic senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama. In 2006, Vogel launched an online grassroots campaign called "Barack the Youth Vote." [cite web|title=Welcome to Barack the Youth Vote!|publisher=Barack the Youth Vote, Joseph Vogel|date=October 18, 2007|format=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071018004211/http://baracktheyouthvote.org/index.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] In September 2007, he published "The Obama Movement - Why Barack Obama Speaks to America's Youth," [cite web|title=The Obama Movement|publisher=The Official Website of Joseph Vogel|url=http://www.josephvogel.net/id92.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] a compilation of essays from young supporters of Barack Obama across the country. [cite news|author=Hancock,Laura|title=BYU student does book on Obama|date=October 27, 2007|work=Deseret Morning News|url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695222259,00.html|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Vogel blogs for "The Huffington Post". [cite web|title=Joe Vogel|publisher=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel|accessdate=2008-09-17]

Published works

*cite book
author = Vogel, Joseph
title = The Obama Movement - Why Barack Obama Speaks to America's Youth
publisher = iUniverse, Inc.
location = Lincoln, Nebraska
year = 2007
url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0595467032
*cite book
author = ——
title = Free Speech 101- The Utah Valley Uproar Over Michael Moore
publisher = Windriver Publishing
location = Silverton, Idaho
year = 2006
url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/1886249318
*cite book
author = ——
title = Poet Prophets- Blake & Wordsworth
publisher = iUniverse, Inc.
location = Lincoln, Nebraska
year = 2006
url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0595393993

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