Distinguished Speaker Series – Givens Performing Arts Center

Sellers is an attorney, political commentator, and politician. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for the 90th District from 2006-2014. Sellers represented South Carolina’s 90th district in the lower house of the state legislature from 2006 to 2014, becoming the youngest African American elected official in the country at age 22. He vacated his seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives to run for Lieutenant Governor in 2014 but lost to Henry McMaster. He was succeeded in the House by Justin T. Bamberg. Sellers is currently a political analyst on CNN. Bakari’s niece is a soccer player at UNCP.

UNCP Campus Engagement and Leadership is pleased to present the return of the Distinguished Speaker Series. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for Faculty/Staff/Children.

Order tickets online. (UNCP students must pick up tickets in person at the GPAC Box Office. A valid student ID must be presented. Limit 1 ticket per ID)