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Radical Acts: Identity, Organizing, and Defining Self-Care in Trump-era America

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Thursday, April 13, 2017
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Kenyon Farrow

Radical Acts: Identity, Organizing, and Defining Self-Care in Trump-era America
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Kenyon Farrow is the US & Global Health Policy Director for Treatment Action Group, an independent AIDS research and policy think tank fighting for better treatment, a vaccine, and a cure for AIDS, TB and Hep C. In addition At TAG, is working to organize campaigns in cities and states to end the HIV epidemic in the US. He recently published a qualitative research project exploring the role of community mobilization in the US HIV response in 9 US cities. Kenyon is also the former executive director of Queers for Economic Justice, and has a long track record of community organizing work on criminalization, mass imprisonment, homelessness and HIV issues.

Kenyon was named one of Out magazine's Out 100 for 2008, the Advocate magazine's "40 Under 40" LGBT Leaders in the United States for 2010, one of Black Entertainment Television's "Modern Black History Heroes" for 2011, received the Community Activist award at Chicago Black Pride's Esteem Awards in 2013, and given the 2016 Sexual Freedom Award by the Woodhull Institute.

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