Goshen College, Music Center Free and Open to the Public - No tickets required (Also a part of the In Solidarity Conference)

Rebecca Walker is the author of the international bestseller Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self (Riverhead Books) and the editor of What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future (Riverhead Books) and To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism (Anchor/Doubleday), which has been in print for ten years and is required reading in universities throughout America and abroad. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Salon.com, Interview, Vibe, Essence, SPIN, Glamour, and Buddhadharma, and her essays are widely anthologized. She is the recipient of the Alex Award from the American Library Association, and fellowships from Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony.

In 1997 Rebecca co-founded the Third Wave Foundation , the only national, philanthropic organization for women aged 15-30. Since its inception, Third Wave has contributed over $750,000. to individuals and organizations that support young women's health, education and activism. For her leadership, Rebecca has received numerous awards, including the Paz y Justicia Award from Vanguard, and the Women Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters, among others. When she was 25, Time Magazine named Rebecca one of fifty future leaders of America. Rebecca has lectured at over 300 universities including Harvard , Oberlin, MIT, and Stanford, addressed dozens of organizations including the Northwest Women's Law Center, and acted as a consultant to Sony Music, Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase. She has presented work at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others, and made appearances at the Harlem Book Fair, The Los Angeles Book Fair, and dozens of renowned bookstores across the country. Rebecca has been interviewed by Terri Gross, Charlie Rose, and been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show .

Rebecca grew up in New York and San Francisco and graduated with honors from Yale University. She currently hosts a series on new masculinity on Pacifica Radio, and in 1997 made her acting debut in Primary Colors, a Mike Nichols film. She sits on GenderPAC 's Parenting Advisory Council and the advisory board of the environmentalist organization Save the Bay . Rebecca is also currently at work on a second memoir and a third anthology, and divides what time she has left after giving birth to her son Tenzin between New York City and Northern California.