Activist to speak at GVSU Professionals of Color Lecture

Activist Keith Boykin will talk about race and sexual orientation at the next Professionals of Color Lecture, sponsored by Grand Valley State University's Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Boykin’s presentation, “One More River to Cross: Building a Bridge Between Race and Sexual Orientation,” is scheduled for Wednesday, January 14, beginning at 4 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room, on the GVSU Allendale Campus. It is free and open to the public; parking is available in lot K.

Boykin is a founder and former president of the National Black Justice Coalition. He also served as special assistant to President Bill Clinton and as executive director of the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum. Boykin is the author of three books and the editor of the online newspaper, the Daily Voice.

For more information about his presentation, call OMA at (616) 331-2177.