IFBP Rebranded as "Center for Black Equity"
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Audrey AP Pearson
On Oct. 12th, 2012 Press Release by CEO/President Mr. Earl Folwkes: The
International Federation of Black Prides (IFBP) has completed the name change and added some new agendas to its organization in support of the 350,000+ LGBT community, and its allies. The New name:
"Center for Black Equity" www.centerforblackequity.org
The CBE will organize and promote a multinational network of Black Prides dedicated to: building solidarity; health and wellness; promoting unity; and ensuring the development of education, economic empowerment, and individual and collective work, responsibility, and self-determination. On July 28, 2012, the International Federation of Black Prides Board of Directors voted to rebrand and restructure the organization. The new name, Center for Black Equity (CBE), refocuses and elevates the deep commitment to our mission of achieving equality and justice for Black LGBT communities through expansive platforms focused on Health Equity, Economic Equity and Social Equity.
This branding shift also fosters a much needed sense of urgency to increase the public's understanding of the myriad challenges LGBT communities face on a daily basis. We believe that our new identity and expanded platform will facilitate the erosion of misconceptions and prejudices against our members and revitalize the public's commitment to advocate collaboratively for immediate institutional changes in laws, policies, programs and resource availabilities that allow everyone, including Black LGBT people, to compete effectively in the marketplace.
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| Dwayne Jenkins Board President |
Board President
Dwayne Jenkins is a native New Yorker from the Bronx who has lived in Nashville since 1994. He has worked at Nashville CARES, the state's leading HIV/AIDS Service Organization for over 15 years. Dwayne is the Executive Director of the Brothers United Network, Inc., the state's only African American LGBT 501c3 organization, and is the President of Nashville's Black Gay Pride Celebration. He is currently the Community Advisor to the Gay Straight Alliance at Tennessee State University, and Board Chair of the International Federation of Black Prides organization.
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| Earl D. Fowlkes, Jr., President/ CEO Staff |
Earl Fowlkes 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 Black Pride organizers the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa formed to promote a multinational network of LGBT Pride and community- based organizations.
There are over thirty plus Black Pride events with over 450,000 attendees each year. The Center For Black Equity is the only Black LGBT international organization in the world.
e.fowlkes@centerforblackequity.org
www.centerforblackequity.org
Claire Swinford, executive director of TransHaven in St. Louis
by: Colby Kluthe- MetroEast NEWS
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