Photo gallery Producer, actress Lena Waithe speaks, meets with students
Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and actress Lena Waithe met with students and gave a speech at Union South Tuesday night. She was featured as a Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecturer, and keynote speaker for Black History Month. Expertly tapping into emerging cultural sensibilities with a sharp wit, speaking to myriad experiences from her unique perspective and challenging audiences to think outside of conventional norms, Waithe touched on her own acts of resistance and resilience.
![Photo of people speaking to one another at an event reception](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_1522-1024x681.jpg)
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Students got a chance to chat with Emmy-winning writer, actress and producer Lena Waithe, in the blue hat, in a Black History Month event at UW-Madison in February.![Undergraduate Kaitlynne Roling, a Chancellor-Powers Knapp Scholar, talks with Waithe during a meet-and-greet session with invited UW-Madison students.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_4479-1024x681.jpg)
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Undergraduate Kaitlynne Roling, a Chancellor-Powers Knapp Scholar, talks with Waithe during a meet-and-greet session with invited UW-Madison students.![Lena Waithe shakes hands with a man during an event reception](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_1471-1024x681.jpg)
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Undergraduate Paul Jackson II, a student athlete on the football team, shakes Waithe's hand.![Undergraduate Ibtisam Haq chats with Waithe during the event. Waithe gave a keynote speech at Union South as part of UW-Madison's celebration of Black History Month.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_4411-1024x681.jpg)
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Undergraduate Ibtisam Haq chats with Waithe during the event. Waithe gave a keynote speech at Union South as part of UW-Madison's celebration of Black History Month.![Students got a chance to chat with Emmy-winning writer, actress and producer Lena Waithe, in the blue hat, in a Black History Month event at UW-Madison in February.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_1413-1024x681.jpg)
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Students got a chance to chat with Emmy-winning writer, actress and producer Lena Waithe, in the blue hat, in a Black History Month event at UW-Madison in February.![Waithe's note in the guest book for the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_1445-1024x681.jpg)
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Waithe's note in the guest book for the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series.![Waithe signs a guest book for the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series committee during a meet-and-greet session with students.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2018/02/Waithe_Lena_meet18_1416-1024x681.jpg)
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Waithe signs a guest book for the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series committee during a meet-and-greet session with students.Tags: climate, diversity, student life, Wisconsin Union