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About Larry Meeks
Columnist Larry Meeks draws the knowledge for his responses in his minority advice column, Ethnically Speaking, from the varied experiences he has had in his life.
A resident of Sacramento, Calif., Meeks is active in his community and has been a member of a dozen different boards and organizations, including the Natomas Unified School Board, the Mercy Hospital Board, the Sacramento Urban League, the Sacramento NAACP, the Lions Club, the Japanese American Citizens League, the Mexican American Education Fund and the League of Women Voters.
Meeks is the former director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development from 1983 to 1991, a former adjunct professor at Golden State University in San Francisco, and National University in Sacramento. He is the former writer; producer and announcer of Ethnic Almanac on radio station KFBK in Sacramento and served as the host of the radio talk show Inside Sacramento on the same station.
Meeks is now the pastor of the oldest African-American fundamentalist church in Sacramento, a celebrated metal artist, and board member of numerous artist boards and commissions.
His column, which he began writing in 1991, is distributed weekly by Creators Syndicate and appears in newspapers across the country, including the Sacramento Union.
Meeks earned a bachelor's of science in behavioral science and community planning from the University of California at Davis, a master's of public administration from Golden State University, and a master’s in psychology. He also holds a doctorate of divinity from Trinity Institute.
He has been awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities from Angeles University in the Philippines and the Minority Program Commitment Award from the University of California, Irvine. He has also received commendation from Los Angeles County and certificates of appreciation from district and rural hospitals and the California Black Health Network.
Married for over 40 years, he and his wife, Dinnie, have two children, a daughter, Kimberley, and a son, Corey. He served in combat in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the artillery and then in the infantry branches in Vietnam.
