OFFICIAL HARLEM PRIDE VENDOR
@ JACKIE ROBINSON PARK, NYC
ENTRANCE: 148 ST & BRADHURST AVENUE
SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH, 2013
12 NOON — 6PM… SEE YOU THERE!
A "GEMINI" BRUTHA JOURNEYING & EXPERIENCING A PATH OF NETWORKING & COMMUNICATION FOR THE HUMANITARIAN WELL-BEING FOR AND ABOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
I’ve read that GMAD founder, the Reverend Charles Angel, was a tireless, outspoken and fearless activist who stood in the forefront of several organizing efforts in the New York City gay and people with AIDS communities including, the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, ACT-UP, and the People with AIDS Coalition. In those Silence = Death days, he understood the vital importance of advocacy, a clear vision and establishing a set of goals for addressing a community’s broader needs. It was a holistic approach to activism rooted in a proud African heritage, progressive Christian teachings and his belief in psycho-spiritual growth. It was from this set of beliefs that GMAD grew, and continued to grow even after Charles Angel’s untimely death from AIDS complications in 1987, three years before I discovered GMAD via its Friday night forums. These forums often brought a hundred or more Black gay men to The Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in Greenwich Village.