1. Michael A. Roberson
3041 Broadway Apt 301
Manhattan, New York 10027
347-338-7874
Garconpa777@yahoo.com
Objective:
To find a position where my skills as well as my extensive expertise can be most utilized
SUMMARY
Management Professional with extensive skills and accomplishments in the areas of program
development, fundraising, public policy, public relations, health, advocacy and community
building. A creative, conscientious, goal-oriented individual with outstanding communication
skills. Adept in assessing emerging needs and devising strategies to further empower
programmatic and organizational capacity.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
Served as Executive Director of Brooklyn’s only federally funded, HIV/AIDS service agency
targeting the African American and Black Caribbean Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Community.
Strengthened agency by:
Analyzing benchmarks, successes as well as areas of development, to better
determine future goals.
Reducing staff turnover rate to less than 10%
Promoting capacity building initiatives.
Implementing effective hiring practices.
Publicized issues facing the minority gay population through featured articles and interviews in
The New York Post, El Diario, Washington Post, Vibe Magazine, NY1 and UPN9, in turn
reshaping public opinion and perception in addition to increasing agency’s visibility.
Assisted in raising People of Color in Crisis’ budget 75% by developing and implementing
young adults program, attracting the attention of various foundations culminating in increased
POCC funding from $379K to $1.5M.
Assisted in the oversight fiscal and budgetary matters to meet organization’s financial goals,
ensure agency sustainability and programmatic viability.
Effectively utilized various fact-finding methods such as focus groups, needs assessments and
community forums to stay in touch with community concerns.
Collaborate with individuals and nationally recognized agencies to create a black gay
research group and initiate the first and second nations only national black research summit and
helped to create nations first and only Black Gay Research Agenda.
Collaborated with national black gay leaders to create The National Black Gay Men

2. Advocacy Agency, a non government membership agency located in Washington DC that
advocates on behalf of black gay men and black gay serving agencies in regards to health
disparities more specific, HIV
Co-Created one of the nation’s largest black pride celebrations called “Pride in the City”, a
four day community level HIV Prevention and Testing Intervention that also celebrates the lives
of the black lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual community.
Spokesperson and premiere facilitator of “Many Men Many Voices”, a six week behavioral
change curriculum designed to increase awareness, insight and modify behavior regarding issues
surrounding AIDS.
Co-wrote updated Intervention Manual of “Many Men, Many Voices”, 2002, 2005.
Project Director of Research Project “HIV Stigma and Discrimination in black MSM in New
York City: New York City Department of Health. Principal Investigator Leo Wilton, PHD
Project Director of Program Research Evaluation of “Many Men, Many Voices” Center for
Disease Control Funded Evaluation of Innovative Intervention
Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Intervention “Many Men, Many Voices,” a national
diffusing model to black gay agencies and/or programs to build capacity in providing science
based HIV prevention services. In collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
(CDC), Academy of Educational Development, and the University of Rochester Center for
Behavioral Training.
Published “An Exploratory Study of Barebacking, Club Drug Use, and Meanings of Sex in
Black and Latino Gay and Bisexual Men in the Age of AIDS, Leo Wilton, PHD, Perry N
Halkitis, PHD, Gary English, Michael Roberson in The Journal of Gay and Lesbian
Psychotherapy (2005).
Published “Many Men, Many Voices Programmatic Evaluation Outcome Paper in AIDS
And Behavior Journal (2009).
Research Paper Nomination “Many Men, Many Voices” for The Charles C. Shepard Science
Award for Scientific Achievement: Center for Disease Control (2010).
Manage and Aided in the development of Vogue Evolution, a vogue dance crew that utilizes the
art of vogueing to engage in social justice and HIV Prevention. Vogue Evolution was a part of
MTV’s America Best Dance Crew, being the first ever openly black and Latino openly gay and
transgendered dance crew featured on television.
Whitney Bianniel-Whitney Museum-Organized, Composed and wrote protocol for
house/ballroom installation for the sound-art collective, Ultra-red, which convened an
investigation of practices of listening as part of the Whitney Biennial's Survey of Listening
practice organized by the Edinburgh-based organization, Arika, May 2-6, 2012. The Ultra-red
organized investigation focuses specifically on the relationship between listening and political
organizing within the context of anti-racist struggles in the United States. Historians,
researchers, playwrights, composers and performers that are part of or are in dialogue with
radical black aesthetic traditions and practices have been invited to compose protocols or
procedures for listening to the sound of freedom.
Co-Authored “National House/ball HIV Leadership Convening White Paper 2013”; Martha
Chono-Helsley, Michael A. Roberson, MDIV, Damon Humes, MHS, Edgar Rivera-Colon, PHD,
Reach LA, Funded by Open Society.
Ultra-Red- Member- Founded in 1994 by two AIDS activists, Ultra-red is an international
sound art collective with twelve members based in Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, and multiple
locations in the UK. For twenty years Ultra-Red has used sound research within and alongside

3. base community movements for social justice. All our members have long-term engagements
with social movements where we work as organizers, educators, and community researchers.
Master of Divinity Thesis Project-Union Theological Seminary, 2013. Theatrical reading and
panel discussion of The Anointed, a play written by Germono Toussaint, that engages a discourse
about sexuality, spirituality, and theology in the Black church. It was inspired by interviews with
prominent same gender-loving, GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender) Black church
leaders, namely: Bishop Yvette Flunder, Bishop Wyatt Greenlee, Rev. Kevin Taylor, Pastor
Joseph Tolton, and Marques Moore. Moore, a survivor of several ex-gay ministries (“ministries
that were created to restore GLBT persons trapped in sexual and relational sin”).
The Anointed was part of my larger thesis project of examining systemic homophobia in the
Black church stemming from religious dogma that institutionalizes homophobia in Black
communities, leaving indelible marks of pain, misery and damage on the collective soul, spirit
and material bodies of the Black GLBT community, and directly impact the health disparities of
this community, particularly, Black gay men. The Thesis Project’s aim was to engage this
question by bringing heightened awareness of the historical trauma inflicted on Black GLBT
individuals by the homophobic hegemony intrinsic in Black church experience and to encourage
enlightened conversation that will advance healing for Black GLBT people and within the Black
community. Thesis Advisors: Dr. Gary Dorrien, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics,
Union Theological Seminary-Columbia University, and Reverend Dr. Eboni Marshal Turman,
Director of Black Church Studies, Duke University.
Masters of Sacred Theology (STM) Thesis Project-Union Theological Seminary, 2014. For
the past few years we have engaged in an investigation of radical pedagogical practices within
the context of the House and Ballroom scene, a multi-generational, autonomously organized
community created by and for black and Latino/a transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay women
and men. The scene began in New York and is now present in cities across the U.S., as well in a
smaller scale in Europe and Asia. It functions as both a creative collective and source of social
support. Our current work, which we refer to as Vogue’ology after the Ballroom scene’s
signature performance form Vogue, builds on our years of participation in and public health and
creative work with the scene. Vogue’ology aims to help address the contemporary structures of
oppression under which members of the scene labor. The Project aim was to bring invited
individuals who were engaged with histories and movements relevant to and likely to benefit
from the generations of knowledge and experience in the Ballroom scene in a form of a
consultation held on Saturday, March 29, from 4:30 – 9:00pm in the James Chapel at Union
Theological Seminary. The consultation was situated as listening session and discussion about
the Ballroom scene. The gathering/consultation was to amplify the enormously productive
dialogue between Vogue’ology and progressive theologians and ethicists concerning terms and
themes to guide liberation efforts concerned with sexuality, gender, race, and class oppressions.
Additionally, the consultation gathering served as a prelude to a season of events organized by
myself, in collaboration with Arika-Scotland, Ultra-Red, Vogue’ology, NYC Black Pride,
MomaPS1, and Issue Project Room, to celebrate the depth of the Ballroom scene’s history and to
bring that history into dialogue with allied communities and movements. These dialogues will
enable members of the scene, representatives of other constituencies, and scholars, to identify

4. points of common concern and consider how collectives are organized, sustained, teach and
learn, and work in solidarity around issues of common concern. In terms of the long-term work,
these dialogues were an opportunity to consult with scholars, community, theologians, and artist
and public health service providers on our ambition to establish a Ballroom Freedom and Free
School. It is significant to note that 2014 marks the 50th
anniversary of the establishment of the
Mississippi Freedom Schools, which played a significant role in the signature mass mobilizations
of the Civil Rights era. Learning from this and other popular education movements around the
world, we envision the Ballroom Freedom and Free School as a venue and set of practices rooted
in the Ballroom scene’s traditions of skills exchange, collective learning, and self-organizing. It
will also function as a base from which to organize and contribute to coalitions mobilized to
address poverty, racism, mass incarceration and other oppressive structures.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gary Dorrien, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union
Theological Seminary-Columbia University.
Featured in Film- Journey to Liberation: The Legacy of Womanist Theology, 2014. A
social and spiritual look at female theologians and ethicists. Filmmaker Anika Gibbons takes a
deeper look at the radical spirituality and scholarship within the lives of the founding mothers of
Womanist theology and Womanist ethics. The film focuses on their significance as figures in
African-American theology and history, and on the role played by Union Theological Seminary
in that founding. I am the only male featured in the film as an emerging new scholar of Third
Wave Womanism.
Featured in Film- Rebirth of Paris, 2014. A new documentary by filmmaker Seven King
which explores and interrogates the current state and the political struggles of the black/Latino
lgbt house/ball community. It features a range of ballroom leaders, participants, organic
intellectuals, artist, activist, and public health workers engaging in deep and reflective dialogue
about the multi-dimensions of this century long collective.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SUNY Downstate HEAT Clinic
Co-Investigator March 2015-March 2016
One year community-based participatory research (CBPR) project designed to address the
specific factors (stigma, race, sexuality, gender, economics, and lack of access to health care)
that are fueling the continued growing HIV rates of young black/latino lgbt members of the
house/ball community. Project’s aims are as following:
Aim 1: Identify factors that impact engagement in health care and supportive services
among members of the house/ball community (HBC) through a mixture of quantitative and
qualitative methods;
a) Hypothesis 1: Social/behavioral factors may moderate intervention effectiveness, and

5. may independently influence both sexual risk and engagement in care over time.
Aim 2a: Adapt an established behavioral intervention Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) for the
HBC;
Aim 2b: Further develop, refine and codify a community-driven intervention (Vogue Theory)
designed to bridge successful outreach efforts and sustained engagement in care for HIV+
and at-risk HBC youth;
Aim 3: Pilot and collect preliminary feasibility and efficacy data on a combined community-
driven intervention (3MV+Vogue Theory) for its ability to impact HIV prevention among
house/ball affiliated youth by reducing HIV risk behavior.
a) Hypothesis 1: Participants will be retained across both intervention groups
continuing into the follow up period of 3 months for survey assessments.
b) Hypothesis 2: Participants who receive the combined 3MV/Vogue Theory
intervention (3MV/VT) will demonstrate and persist over time in decreased risk
behavior and increased engagement in HIV prevention and care compared to
those in the HBC adapted 3MV only condition.
c) Hypothesis 3: Decreased sexual risk behavior among participants who receive
the VT/3MV intervention will be mediated by Stress and Severity Model of
Minority Social Stress (SMS) coping/appraisal processes and moderated by
SMS risk factors and resources.
New York State Department of Health
Presenter/Co-Organizer March 6th
, 2015
Co-organized a one day conference of leaders of faith, academic and public health institutions
and government agencies designed to understand the impact of HIV on gay men and MSM,
especially young men of color, highlight findings from the Social Justice Project and the
importance of spirituality and religion among black lgbt persons, explore how academic
institutions are preparing students/seminarians through curriculum and instruction to address
faith and religion’s impact on the health, wellness and disparities of gay men of color informed
by research conducted by Juan Battle, PHD., CUNY Graduate Center. The conference was a
collaborative effort between The NY State Department of Health/AIDS Institute, Union
Theological Seminary, Center for Race, Religion and Economic Democracy, Columbia
University Department of Religion and African-American Studies, and New York Theological
Seminary.
Ultra-RED
Lecturer/Co-Organizer/Residence July 2014 – Present
For twenty years, Utra-Red sound investigations alongside with and within social movements.
Members conduct in teams based in London, Berlin, the rural southwest of England, New York
and Los Angeles. October 9-15 2014, Ultra-Red gathered in Cologne, Germany to mark two
decades of experiments in organized listening. Hosted by the Akademie der Kunste der Welt as
part of their Pluriversale initiative, with support from the Department of Cultural Affairs of the
City of Los Angeles, Ultra-Red featured a series of public events and workshops reflecting on
lessons learned as cultural producers, organizers and researchers with years of commitment to
specific political struggles.
October 30-November 4th
2014, Mexico City, Mexico-Estudio SITAC:
Ultra Red was invited by SITAC (Simposio International e Teoria Sobre Arte Contemporaneo)
and Campus Expandido and as a collaboration with The Vera List Center of The New School
University-NYC to organize and conduct a series dedicated to gender politics and to its deep

6. entanglement with constructions of race, and the potential to destabilize traditional notions of
gender through performance-based strategies. The workshop focuses on methodologies and
practices of “deep listening” and “sound collecting” as means of political organizing–enacting
the approaches of the sound art collective Ultra-red. I as a member and representing Ultra-red co-
organized and facilitated the workshops. In the exchange with local groups and individuals
involved in gender justice issues in Mexico City, a map of shared concerns across localized
contexts in different parts of the city emerged. Additionally, November 3rd
, 2014, I lectured on
the history of the black/Latino lgbt house/ball community at The University of Mexico, Professor
Helena Chavez, post-graduate course: Art History, Theory, and Politics.
Center for Race Religion and Economic Democracy (CRRED)
Union Theological Seminary
Scholar in Residence August 1st
, 2014-September 1st
, 2015
As part of a tradition of national and global justice making, UTS is a place of scholarship on
religion as a force for addressing oppressive structures and practices in society and promoting
collective action for social transformation. Since 1863, Union has developed leaders who have
played important roles in social movements for racial justice, gender justice, LGBTQ justice,
workers’ rights, eradicating poverty, peace work, ecological sustainability and more. The C-
RRED will draw upon these resources and bring to bear relationships with religious leaders,
other scholars and community organizers across sectors to engage in a robust theological
inquiry. This inquiry is one that is not only connected to and informed by organizing and
activism for democratic action, but also able to move into action. My aim is to continue to
engage work at the intersection of theological ethics, public health, questions of gender and
sexuality as it impacts black gay men, the house/ball community, and marginalized glbt
communities.
The New School University
Co-Instructor: Organizing for Freedom Spring Semester 2014
Civics and Humanities Department. Course goal is to enable to students to learn art and popular
education informed community-organizing practices. The course combines seminar and
practice-based learning in diverse community and institutional settings using skills exchange and
participatory pedagogical practices found in the freedom and free school curricula. Course
allows for the investigative practice of looking at the public sphere as sites of resistance and
analysis.
Oral Museum of the Revolution, Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona
Lecturer December 2-8, 2013
Participated and lectured on the history and analysis of the underground black/Latino glbt
house/ball community during a week long project in Barcelona, Spain and conceived by scholar
and queer theorist Beatriz Preciado. It was also produced with the research and collaboration of
students from the 2012-2013 edition of the MACBA Independent Studies Programme (PEI).
Oral Museum of the Revolution (OMR) is a performative and sound exhibition-archive that seeks
to give an audio and spatial presence, within the context of the contemporary city and museum,

7. to the languages of social change invented by minorities of race, gender, sexual, bodily and
functional and cognitive diversity.
Duke Divinity School/Sacred Worth
Lecturer-Congregational Care Conference November 16, 2013
Lectured on the intersectionality of race, class, and sexuality as it relates specifically to black gay
men. Examined the theological positions of the abomination narrative, The Imago Dei, and its
impact on the material bodies of black gay men, particularly in relationship to disproportionate
HIV rates, and other health disparities.
Abounding Prosperity, Inc.
Organizer/Event Planner-
BHAP (Ball House and Pageant) Conference January 2012- Present
Co-created, and work directly under the Executive Director in the creation, visioning, organizing
the very 1st
health disparities conference targeting the intersection of the black and Latino Ball
House and Pageant communities, in the regional south. The Conference is an annual conference,
held during the 1st
week in October in collaboration with GILEAD Pharmaceuticals, Texas State
Department of Health and during Dallas Southern Black LGBT Pride weekend. The very first
conference was held in Dallas, Texas from October 4-8, 2012.
Life Ball- Vienna, Austria
Assistant Producer/Organizer/Consultant April 2013-May 2013
In Collaboration with Josh Woods Productions and Pony Zion Productions, assisted in the
coordination and production of a House/ball performance and community mobilization
intervention for Fergie of The BlackEye Peas Pop Group at The Worlds largest AIDS Benefit,
AMFAR’s (The Foundation for AIDS Research) Life Ball. This event’s aim was to build support
for AMFAR’s annual Life Ball fundraiser in Vienna, Austria, which took place on May 25th
,
2013, as well as to bring attention the HIV crisis impacting black gay men and the house/ball
community.
Arika-Glasgow, Scotland (Arika.org)
Co-Project Coordinator-Vogueology Collective November 2012 - Present
Organizing episodic four-day events in Glasgow, Scotland (May 2013, September 2014, and
February 2015) as well as New York City (April 2014) in collaboration with the Edinburgh,
Scotland based art collective Arika. The events aim is to investigate the notions of struggle for
freedom, and the notions of being fully human. Presenting a historical analysis and narrative of
the black/Latino glbt house/ball communities, resistance to systemic intersected labors of
oppression. Additionally, assisted, developed, organized, and moderated a lecture series,
performances, and public discussions situating the House/ball community in conversation with
other discourses; Feminist, Womanist, Trans, The Black Aesthetics and working class
movements in Glasgow, Scotland and the United States, particularly, the house/ball community.
These events have brought together a multitude of scholars, artist, and community folk, such as,
Frank Leon Roberts, PHD Candidate, Eboni Marshal Turman, PHd, Ann Cvetkovich, PHD,

8. Robert Sember, Ayana Elliot, PHd, Fred Moten, PHd, Sonya Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Saidiya
Hartman, PHd, Charlene Sinclair, PHd Candidate, Marlon Bailey, PHd, Edgar Rivera-Colon,
PHd, Jack Halberstam, PHd, Terry Timelitz, Pony Zion Garcon-Legend, DJ Vjuan Allure-
Legend, Trajel, Tyra A. Ross-Trans Author of “The Transsexual in Tobago (aka Dominique
Jackson), Gerard Gaskins-Photographer/Author “Legendary”.
University Massachusetts-Amherst
Co-Project Coordinator
Dubois in Our Time-Ultra Red Sept 2012- May 2013
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst Museum of Contemporary Art embarking on a
exhibition project, Du Bois in Our Time, focusing on W.E.B Dubois. The project will
commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the death of Du Bois and the 150th
anniversary of the
Emancipation of Proclamation. It is collaboration between 9 artist and scholars whose work,
practice and pedagogy is socially engaged, research-based, and who seek to explore the
intersection of art and the major issues of our time, with specific focus on Du Bois legacy; social
justice, women’s rights, glbt ethics, higher education, the arts, race, environmentalism, etc.
Reach LA
Consultant/Co-Manager-Be The Generation Project July 2010-Present
Co-created The World AIDS Day National Ballroom Initiative. An initiative whose mission is to
bring to the world stage the affect that HIV/AIDS has on the House and Ballroom community. It
is a three city collaborative that will be hosting HIV Prevention and Testing ballroom events
over the course of the week of World AIDS Day. Organized the very first National Meeting with
National Public Health officials and House/Ball Community leaders to create the 1st
National
Agenda regarding health disparities within the house/ball community, October 4-7, 2011, funded
by The Open Society. Additionally, Co-Managed the National Be The Generation/Ballroom
Community Outreach Intervention engaged in national education efforts targeting the House &
Ball communities across about Biomedical Research, HIV Clinic Trials and new forms of HIV
prevention. It was a collaboration between Reach LA Community Based Organization, The
House of Blahnik, and The House of Garcon; two national houses in which I founded.
The New School, New York, Frank Roberts, PHD Candidate
Visiting Professor/Teaching Assistant Spring Semester 2012
School of Media Studies
Course: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in The Media
The New School, New York, Robert Sember, PHD, Michael A. Roberson
Co-Instructor Fall Semester 2011-Present
Department of Dance
Course: Voguelogy-History of The underground black/Latino lgbt house/ball community and it’s
relationship with other historical struggles (feminism, womanism, black freedom movement, lgbt
movements).
Bronx AIDS Services, Bronx , NY

9. Program Facilitator May 2011-Ocotber, 2012
Assisting in the development, marketing, facilitation and delivery group level behavioral change
HIV Prevention Intervention “Many Men, Many Voices” targeting Black Men who have sex
with Men. Tailoring and adapting curriculum to meet population needs. Conducting focus
groups, facilitating intervention, assisting in the quality assurance to ensure fidelity of the
intervention
The Research Foundation, Hunter College, Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training.
Recruiter August 2010-August 2012
Recruit and survey gay, bi sexual, and men who have sex with men, in a variety of HIV and
drug related research studies at bars, club venues, sex parties, bath houses, ballroom events, and
the internet.
The Research Foundation, The State University of New York
The Heat Clinic
Consultant March 2010-Present
Assisting in small research project regarding the Adaptation of The Behavioral Change HIV
Prevention Intervention “Many Men, Many Voices” to target Young Positive Black Men who
have sex with Men between the ages of 16-24. Tailoring and adapting curriculum to meet
population needs. Conducting focus groups, facilitating intervention, assisting in the quality
assurance to ensure fidelity of the intervention. Additionally, assisted in the development,
implementation, and facilitation of the homegrown leadership development and HIV Prevention
intervention “Vogue Theory”. “Vogue Theory” uses the theoretical framework of the Vogueing
as a means of developing leadership skills, self-esteem and efficacy, and build knowledge
regarding HIV transmission, acquisition, and protective factors. The intervention is being
funded by the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute.
New School, New York, Robert Sember, PHD Art Fellow
Consultant Spring Semester 2010
Vera List Center for Art and Politics, Department of Social Research
Course: School of Echoes; investigation in the comparative analysis of vogue as shifts in politics
and economics in New York house/ballroom community.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Edgar Rivera Colon, PHD
Guest Lecturer Fall Semester 2009
Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Course: The Color of AIDS
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Jeanne Vacarro, PHD Candidate
Guest Lecturer Fall Semester 2009
Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Course: The Color of AIDS
FACES

10. Consultant May 2009- Present
Assist in the Implementation and facilitation of behavioral change intervention Many Men,
Many Voices. Engage House Ball Community in testing and prevention services. Assist in the
planning of the FACES Star Project Conference and Ball event that attracted over 200 youth to
attend the event.
New York University, Frank Leon Roberts, PHD Candidate
Guest Lecturer Spring Semester 2009
Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (Gender and Sexuality Studies).
Course: AIDS Activism/Queer Publics
Suny Downstate, Dr. Jeff Birnbaum
Guest Lecturer Fall Semester 2008
Department of Public Health
Course: Masters in Public Health
The Research Foundation, The State University of New York
Heat Clinic
Consultant September 2008-February 2009
Organized HIV Prevention/Testing event targeting black and Latino gay youth within the
House/Ball community in New York City. Engaged participants in prevention and testing
services. The event attracted over 300 participants with 68 youth getting connected to HIV
testing and STD screening.
People of Color in Crisis, Inc. (P.O.C.C.) Brooklyn, New York
Executive Director April 2007-July 2009
Assist in the creation of citywide and national coalitions such as The National Black Gay
Men’sAdvocacy Coalition, The Federation of Houses, The Core(Party Promoter Coalition).
Assist in leveraging city, state and federal HIV Prevention dollars to New York city to assist in
the disparity and disease burden amongst gay men of color.
Engage Board Members and gatekeepers to develop and enhance funding opportunities, and
increase visibility of the agency.
Produce two National Events targeting the black gay community that infused Health and
Wellness through social activity “Pride in the City” and the “POCC Ball”.
Provided Technical Assistance to other Community Based Agencies with creating HIV Testing
House Ball Initiatives.
Provided Technical Assistance to create a regional coalition that serves black gay men around
health disparities in the Boston area.
Lectured on local college campuses in New York City such as New York University and New
School on topics ranging from HIV related issues to Queer activism.
People of Color in Crisis, Inc. (P.O.C.C.) Brooklyn, New York
Director of Prevention Services April2000-March 2007
Direct all programs and activities for POCC, a $1.5M advocacy and resource organization with a

11. permanent staff of 22 and volunteer staff of up to 100 individuals.
Collaborate with development and other senior staff to provide programmatic direction and
content for grant proposals.
Engage Board Members, leveraging their individual talents and resources to achieve agency’s
mission. Report quarterly on programmatic matters to Board of Directors.
Maintain strong rapport with relevant foundations to develop and enhance funding opportunities.
Assist in the Preparation, analysis and modification organizational budget.
Active participant in a national coalition of 40 agencies including various Latino organizations to
effectively advocate for people of color.
Responsible for all foundation reports and renewal applications.
Create and coordinate events to meet the needs of the community, increase visibility and change
public perception. Events include: Brotha’s Rap Group, Drop In Center, Conversations, Youth
Groups, House ball events, and various social events.
Speak on various panels nationwide--such as CDC Regional and NYS Prevention Planning
Group on Intervention-- to build name recognition and advocate on issues in keeping with the
mission of the organization.
Knowledge of various grants seeking methods.
Co-author agency newsletter to educate and inform people about our program and services.
Direct the research initiatives of the agency such as the evaluation of the CDC DEBBI
behavioral intervention Many Men, Many Voices, City Department of Health HIV stigma study,
Black Gay Research Group White Paper.
The Hetrick-Martin Institute, New York, NY
Youth Counselor November 1999-March 2000
Created youth programs and a drop-in center to solidify and expand programmatic reach and
impact to achieve agency’s goals.
Camden City Board of Education, Camden, NJ
Crisis Intervention Specialist November 1993-August 1999
Conducted HIV workshops designed to increase awareness and correct self-destructive behavior.
Screened and assessed clients, performed crisis intervention and made referrals to appropriate
agencies.
Created after school programs for at risk youth
Created summer enrichment programs for at risk youth
EDUCATION
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies
Specialization in Public Policy, Community Development and Urban Planning
Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, New York
Masters in Divinity,
May 2013

12. Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, New York
STM-Masters in Sacred Theology Candidate
May 2014
Other Certification;
National/State Certified HIV Prevention Counselor
CPR/American Red Cross
MICHAEL A. ROBERSON