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YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State University Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion presents the Men of Color Summit Feb. 26 and 27.
Zoom meeting sessions are 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 27.
The keynote speaker on Feb. 26 is Richard B. Marks Jr., the director of the Cross-Cultural Center and Center for Global Citizenship at Saint Louis University. He is a graduate of Indiana University, with both a bachelor’s in African American Studies / Sociology and a master’s in Higher Education Administration in Student Affairs.
Marks earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership from Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Marks’ dissertation “As the World Turns: Being Black and Gay on Campus in the 21st Century,” explores factors contributing to the black gay men at a predominately white institution in southern California.