Rebecca Walker Lecture
Gay Pride Month Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Walker
"Let The Good Times Roll: Freedom is Just Another Word for Nothing Left to
Lose"
Wednesday 29 September 2004
McConomy Auditorium, UC
4:30 pm
Reception & Booksigning to Follow
Named by Time Magazine as one of 50 influential American leaders under
the age of 40, Rebecca Walker is the author of the award-winning,
international bestseller "Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a
Shifting Self" (Riverhead/Putnam) and the editor of two groundbreaking
anthologies, "What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future"
(Riverhead/Putnam) and "To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face
of Feminism" (Anchor/Doubleday).
She has written for many publications, including Vibe, Essence, Harper's,
SPIN and Glamour, and her work is widely anthologized. Walker is also a
cofounder of the Third Wave Foundation, the only national, activist,
philanthropic organization serving women aged 15-30, and has won numerous
awards for her activist work, including the NOW Intrepid Award and the
Women Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters.
Walker lectures extensively at universities and high schools
and has acted as a consultant to corporations including Sony Music,
Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase. In 1997 she made her silver screen debut in
"Primary Colors," Mike Nichols' film about presidential politics a la Bill
Clinton, and more recently has hosted a show on Pacifica Radio called "What
Makes a Man." She is at work on a second memoir about her travels in Africa,
and divides her time between New York City and Northern California.
Sponsored by SoHo, ALLIES, cmuOUT, Student Affairs, AB Political Speakers,
Women@SCS, CMU Women's Center, Student Senate, SPIRIT, and your Student
Activities Fee
For more information, contact Rowshan Palmer, Office of the Dean of Student
Affairs, at 412-268-2075 or rowshan@andrew.cmu.edu
"Let The Good Times Roll: Freedom is Just Another Word for Nothing Left to
Lose"
Wednesday 29 September 2004
McConomy Auditorium, UC
4:30 pm
Reception & Booksigning to Follow
Named by Time Magazine as one of 50 influential American leaders under
the age of 40, Rebecca Walker is the author of the award-winning,
international bestseller "Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a
Shifting Self" (Riverhead/Putnam) and the editor of two groundbreaking
anthologies, "What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future"
(Riverhead/Putnam) and "To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face
of Feminism" (Anchor/Doubleday).
She has written for many publications, including Vibe, Essence, Harper's,
SPIN and Glamour, and her work is widely anthologized. Walker is also a
cofounder of the Third Wave Foundation, the only national, activist,
philanthropic organization serving women aged 15-30, and has won numerous
awards for her activist work, including the NOW Intrepid Award and the
Women Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters.
Walker lectures extensively at universities and high schools
and has acted as a consultant to corporations including Sony Music,
Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase. In 1997 she made her silver screen debut in
"Primary Colors," Mike Nichols' film about presidential politics a la Bill
Clinton, and more recently has hosted a show on Pacifica Radio called "What
Makes a Man." She is at work on a second memoir about her travels in Africa,
and divides her time between New York City and Northern California.
Sponsored by SoHo, ALLIES, cmuOUT, Student Affairs, AB Political Speakers,
Women@SCS, CMU Women's Center, Student Senate, SPIRIT, and your Student
Activities Fee
For more information, contact Rowshan Palmer, Office of the Dean of Student
Affairs, at 412-268-2075 or rowshan@andrew.cmu.edu