Sep 17, 2019
Darnell L. Moore
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Queer
DOB: 24 January 1976
Ethnicity: African American
Occupation: Writer, activist
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Darnell L. Moore
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Queer
DOB: 24 January 1976
Ethnicity: African American
Occupation: Writer, activist
"Black cities in the United States have always been on fire. There is nothing good that comes from hiding this truth."
-No Ashes In The Fire: Coming Of Age Black & Free In America by Darnell L. Moore
Dee for Darnell L. Moore’s New Series, ‘The Movement’
Darnell L. Moore, activist, writer and Mic editor hosts this introspective new web series dedicated to proving that the most brilliant solutions to fixing a struggling community come from the community itself.
Moore says, the web series...
... ”The Movement” is an attempt to fill in the gap…explore the social issues impacting marginalized communities, from the relationship between police and the communities they serve to food disparities on Native American reservations.
According to Colorlines, among those Moore profiles this season is Wanda James, co-owner of the only Black-owned marijuana dispensary in Colorado. Moore says James “believes the public is probably unaware that the people who were most at risk for criminalization for marijuana use and dealing have yet to financially benefit from the legalization of the same industry that once caused devastation in their communities.”
This show is definitely going to watch when it premieres January 19 on Mic.com.
Celebrating Banned Books Week
It's Banned Books Week! From now till October 3, PEN will post essays by writers & translators about the banned books that mean most to them. Contributors include Darnell L. Moore, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Lo Kwa Mei-en, Ronald Meyer, Lidia Yuknavitch, Nina McConigley, & Marian Schwartz.
http://www.pen.org/banned-books-2015
Darnell L. Moore: Writer. Educator. Cultural Worker. Critic = TRUTH
Join me on September 10th at 8pm EST as I speak with Darnell L. Moore about living your work in your truth.
Darnell L Moore is an educator and writer who lives in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently on the board of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York and was appointed by then-Mayor Cory A. Booker as Inaugural Chair of his LGBTQ Advisory Concerns Commission. He is also the co-founder, along with Beryl Satter, of the groundbreaking Queer Newark Oral History Initiative.
Along with former NFL player Wade Davis II, he recently co-founded YOU Belong, a social good company that launched the first ever LGBTQ youth summer camp in the U.S. pairing professional athletes (i.e. NFL and NBA) with LGBTQ youth. He is a nationally-recognized speaker and diversity consultant/trainer who has lectured and/or advocated broadly on LGBTQ concerns; race, gender, and sexuality; gender equity; Black masculinities; positive youth development; and other social justice issues in the U.S., UK, Canada, South Africa, Israel, and Palestine.
It is equally important to Darnell that his work extends beyond the institutional and geographical spaces where he has served. He is a Managing Editor/Partner of The Feminist Wire, a popular multi-media site dedicated to publishing progressive news and analyses.
“By 14, you have come to only know yourself through the words and lies of others. But you are nobody’s “faggot,” Darnell. Uncle lied when he called you a “pussy.” Aunt’s eerie recollection of a gay older cousin who died of AIDS as a way to encourage you to not be a “sissy” wasn’t a prophecy.”
Darnell L. Moore. Read his full letter here
“You will run to the church, but the church will teach you that crucifixion is your lot because, like Christ, your flesh that has been shaped in sin must die if you are to live. You will believe what they say……”
Darnell L. Moore. Read his full letter here
“you will tire of running…you will tire of searching for yourself, your name…and one day mama is going to show up at your office when you are 28 to remind you that you no longer need to chase that which you already have, that which you already know. She will say Darnell and gay and son and black and man and love and God in the same breathe. And you will live.”
Darnell L. Moore. Read his full letter here