The Parallel Lives of One Community Organizer and the First Openly Gay Black MLB Player
Community centers, community cleanups and Vincent Williams III's commitment to community empowerment.
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Show Notes
Vincent-Ray Williams III is the Operations Coordinator at Oakland's LGBTQ Community Center. Through this position Vincent has a hand in developing the Center's Glenn Burke Wellness Clinic.
The clinic, which is named after the Oakland A's player who was discriminated against for being the first openly gay major league player, is set to open early next year. Vincent says the clinic will focus on HIV/ AIDS testing and prevention.
Vincent, who was born HIV positive, says dispelling negative notions of people living with the virus is the work he finds most purposeful.
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