Author and activist Rebecca Walker, whose Jewish and biracial background set her on a search for identity, will speak on Nov. 10 at DePaul University.

Walker’s talk, titled “What Multiracial Women Bring to the Table and Why Does It Matter,” will be held at 5 p.m. at Cortelyou Commons, 2324 N. Fremont St., Chicago.  The event is free and open to the public.

The daughter of Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Color Purple,” and prominent civil rights attorney Mel Leventhal, Rebecca Walker was named one of the most influential future leaders by Time magazine and the co-founder of Third Wave Foundation. Her debut memoir, “Black, White and Jewish,” detailed her search for identity as a biracial girl and her inability to fit neatly into either black or white worlds.  She also has explored the breakdown of gender stereotyping, which figured prominently in an essay on President Barack Obama’s political ascendancy that recently appeared in Newsweek magazine.

Her new book is “One Big Happy Family.” She is a columnist for the Huffington Post, has written for The New York Times Magazine, Salon and Vibe, and has appeared as a guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Charlie Rose Show.”

To RSVP or for more information, contact the DePaul Cultural Center at (773) 325-7759 or culturalcenter@depaul.edu.