Mark Jason McLaurin is the Executive Director of the New York State Black Gay Network, the nation’s only staffed statewide policy and advocacy coalition dedicated to improving the overall health and wellbeing of black gay men.
He is one of the featured keynote speakers at ManAlive 07 - the annual Chicago
gay men's health summit being held this Saturday, November 3, at the Center on Halsted.Click here for more info and to register.
Mark has been working in the field of HIV/AIDS Prevention Policy for nearly ten years and serves on the Board of Directors of CHAMP (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project), is a board officer of the National Black Gay Mens Advocacy Coalition and serves as Chairman of the Board of the House of Manolo Blahnik (an entity which seeks to target the ballroom community with effective HIV prevention messaging).
Mark is a graduate of the Catholic University of America, Human Rights Campaign’s Youth College for Campaign Training and the Black AIDS Institute’s African American HIV University. Previous stints include service as Policy Advisor to United States Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Midwest Regional Director for National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities and Director of HIV Prevention Policy for Gay Men's Health Crisis.
He dedicates his work to the memory of countless loved ones gone much too soon.
Click here to read about the other keynote speaker, Tony Mills.
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