Activist storyteller to deliver Barret Lecture as keynote for multicultural conference

Moises Serrano-Cruz, an openly gay and undocumented activist and storyteller, will deliver the annual Bob Barret Distinguished Lecture on Multiculturalism at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Cato College of Education, Room 010. The talk is the keynote presentation for the Multicultural Issues in Counseling Conference, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 2.

Serrano-Cruz, who has lived most of his life in Yadkin County, is the subject of the 2016 documentary “Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America.” The film chronicles the activist as he traveled across his home state as a voice for his community and trying to forge a legal path for their future.

The documentary “Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America” will be screened at 9 a.m., Nov. 2, in the Popp Martin Student Union, Multipurpose Room, for the Multicultural Issues in Counseling Conference. Licensed professional counselors, school counselors and social workers can earn continuing education units to attend the lecture and conference.

More information and details to register for the conference are on the web. The Barret Lecture and film screening are free and open to the public.

The Cato College Department of Counseling and Office of School and Community Partnerships are sponsoring these events. The Bob Barret Distinguished Lecture Series on Multiculturalism honors its namesake, who taught in the University’s Counseling Department for 29 years.