Byron Hurt is coming to Elon! Mark your calendars for Oct. 14 to come see this life changing speaker at 7 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium.
“Women, Drugs, and ‘The Good Life'” is sure to be a seminar that you won’t want to miss out on. Hurt is a nationally known activist and is excited to be presenting at Elon University. The event is brought to you by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Delta Delta Delta Sorority, and Elon Personal Health Programs.
Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a published writer, and an anti-sexist activist. His most recent documentary, “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,” was broadcast nationally on the Emmy award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, drawing an audience of more than 1.3 million viewers.
In addition to being a filmmaker, Hurt is a nationally respected activist. Since 1993, he has been using his craft, his voice, and his writings to broaden and deepen how people think about race and gender. His first film, “I AM A MAN: Black Masculinity in America,” is a 60-minute award-winning documentary that captures the thoughts and feelings of African-American men and women from over fifteen cities across the country.
Hurt challenges audiences to interrogate the damaging effects of patriarchy, racism, and sexism in American culture. As an activist, Hurt has served as a long-time gender violence prevention educator. The former Northeastern University football quarterback was also a founding member of the Mentors in Violence Prevention program, the leading college-based rape and domestic violence prevention initiative for college and professional athletics.
Hurt is also the former associate director of the first gender violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps.