Having cultivated more than 14 years of extensive experience in research, program development and design, health communications, and campaign development and implementation, he was featured in OUT magazine’s OUT 100 list for his efforts. Since then, DaShawn has gone on to be an award-winning advocate, published researcher and celebrated leader with the LGBTQ+ and HIV prevention field.
A true New York City native with Southern roots he fostered during college while in Tennessee. Writer, Executive Producer, Community Mobilizer, and Culture Curator, DaShawn Usher hails from the deep south of the Bronx, New York. He previously wrote a column for Advocate magazine and Georgia Voice focused on Black LGBTQ+ politics and culture.ĭaShawn Usher, Founder and Executive Director of Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative Associate Director, Communities of Color, GLAAD
His writings have appeared in the AJC, Atlanta Magazine, and Creative Loafing. Currently, he is also a member of the Alliance Theatre Advisory Board and the Historic Atlanta LGBT Committee. Charles has received the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award and been a CDC Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership Fellow, an Arcus Foundation Executive Director Fellow, and a Rockwood Leader in the HIV movement fellow. The anthology he co-edited “Black Gay Genius,” was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. He also led the innovative social marketing campaign “From Where I Stand” for AID Atlanta. Charles served as the Conference Organizer for the historic 2014 conference “Whose Beloved Community Black Civil and LGBT Rights” at Emory University. He is committed to working at the intersection of narrative shift and social change. Charles Stephens is the Founder and Executive Director of the Counter Narrative Project (CNP).
Registration is free – Zoom login information for the event will be emailed in the registration confirmation.Ī virtual panel discussion featuring the following panelists whose work focuses on the health and well-being of gay and queer Black men :ĭeion Hawkins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Argumentation & Advocacy, Director of Debate, Department of Communication Studies, Emerson CollegeĬharles Stephens, Founder and Executive Director of the Counter Narrative Project. Join us at 6:45pm for virtual networking and at 7:00pm for the panel discussion with a post-event Q&A session.