Parents and families are welcome to attend Ohio Wesleyan University’s 2025 Melvin Van Peebles Symposium from March 28 to 30, 2025. The event’s keynote speaker, Ericka Alexander, is an accomplished actress, trailblazing activist, entrepreneur, creator, producer, and director and one of the country’s boldest, most daring, and powerful voices on race, gender equity, and leadership.
Erika Alexander – known for roles including Maxine Shaw on TV’s “Living Single,” Detective Latoya on “Get Out,” and Cousin Pam on “The Cosby Show” – will speak during a moderated discussion March 29 at the university’s second biennial Van Peebles Symposium, named in memory of the 1953 OWU graduate and groundbreaking Black filmmaker. The symposium, held on Ohio Wesleyan’s Delaware campus, will explore the theme of “Disruption!! Signal Fires, Reckoning, and Jubilee Through Black Art.”