Marvin K. White is the Minister of Celebration at Glide Memorial Church. Marvin is a writer, artist, preacher and public theologian, articulating a vision for social, prophetic and creative justice. He earned a Master of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion, in Berkeley, CA, and is a well sought-out preacher, teacher and facilitator. Marvin has contributed to local and national publications, and is the author of four collections of poetry: Our Name Be Witness, Status and two Lambda Literary Award-nominated collections: Last Rights and Nothin’ Ugly Fly. His poetry has been adapted for stage and screen, and he has performed original work at many theaters. Marvin also performed nationally and internationally as a former member of the acclaimed theater troupe, Pomo Afro Homos. He was a Teaching Artist for WritersCorps, and has continued to lead creative arts and writing workshops for a range of audiences. He holds a fellowship in the national African-American poetry organization, Cave Canem, and founded and sat on the board of two BIPOC and LGBTQ writer’s organizations: Fire & Ink and B/GLAM. In 2019, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts named him as one of the “YBCA 100”.  Marvin was a 2020-21 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow.