Bilodeau said the event is co-sponsored by a broad coalition across race and ethnicities including the Women’s Council, the Alliance of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Students and the Black Student Alliance.

The event is part of a series primarily sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center called “Gender and its Intersections: Implications for Institutional Change and Social Justice Strategy,” said Jayne Schuiteman, associate professor of the Women’s Resource Center.

“Rebecca Walker represents someone who — by her own identity — is a living example of multiple intersections,” Schuiteman said.

“She has a father who’s white and Jewish and a mother who is black … and she identifies as bisexual. She is the embodiment of different intersections of identity.”

Walker, daughter of famed “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker, is the author of four books, including “To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism,” “Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self” and “Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence.”

Chen Wang, co-chair of Women’s Council, said Walker represents the feminist movement of today’s women and proves you don’t have to fit one certain image to be called a feminist.

“Rebecca Walker is a very experienced public speaker and a very eloquent author and we really think she will be able to connect with our students and with current events,” Wang said.