Starting off our October episodes is episode 28, all about the white savior complex! Joining us today is Earl Fowlkes Jr., who currently the serves as the President/CEO of the Center for Black Equity, Inc. (formerly the International Federation of Black Pride -IFBP). He founded the IFBP in 1999 ago as a coalition of organizers in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa formed to promote a multinational network of Black LGBTQ Pride and community-based organizations. Tune in to hear more!
Earl Fowlkes currently serves on the Washington DC Police Complaints Board, Damien Ministries Board of Directors and several other organization boards. He previously served two terms as the Chair of the DC Commission on Human Rights. the Chair of DC Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Committee, Community Co-Chair of the DC HIV Prevention Community Planning Group and a member of the DC Commission on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Earl is very much committed to a progressive political agenda for the Black and LGBTQ communities, and currently serves as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) LGBT Caucus Chair and on the DNC Executive Committee. He has received numerous honors and awards for his community service and, was named one of three 2013 Grand Marshals of the Heritage of Pride (NYC Gay Pride) along with Harry Belafonte and Edith Windsor.
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