BEYOND BOLD AND BRAVE
Board Members
ALYCE EMORY (she/her/hers) serves on the steering committee for The Harlem SGL-LGBTQ Center - the first official LGBTQ center being developed in Harlem; the National LGBTQ Women’s Survey; Black and Latino LGBTQ Coalition; and was a Founding Advisory Committee member for Harlem Pride and Kitchen Table Giving Circle. During her tenure at NYC Black Pride she created and produced the first ever programming for black LGBTQ elders. She has participated in discussions and presentations on her community work for Schomburg Center LGBTQ Pride Month, Black Youth Project 100, Langston Hughes Black Film Festival and others. Alyce’s received the 2021 Griot Circle Changemaker Award and she & her teams received proclamations in 2018 from the Manhattan Borough President and in 2013 from the New York City Council. Alyce is a member of Women's Leadership Council, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Sociology from Georgia State University with further studies in Multi-Cultural Marketing from the New School of Social Research in New York City.
KIM FORD is an activist and non-profit consultant with experience working with community-based, and national nonprofit organizations. She is the founder of Kitchen Table Giving Circle: A Black/African Descent Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Women Philanthropic Initiative; co-founder of Black Lesbian Conference 2016: Beyond Bold & Brave – The Evolution of Our Community; and currently serves on the board of the Audre Lorde Project. Kim’s experience with grassroots organizations includes: African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change; NYC’s annual LGBTST Kwanzaa celebration; NYC’s first Black Pride; Arms Akimbo: NYC's first-ever Lesbian, Bisexual, Two-Spirit and Transgender Women of Color Organizing Institute; and NYC’s People of Color Pride Weekends. Kim has also worked with Third Wave Foundation, Stonewall Community Foundation’s Racial Equity Initiative, Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and Zuna Institute. She has facilitated workshops; moderated and spoken at various events, panels and readings; and presented on various topics including organizing in the LGBTST POC communities, racism within LGBTST communities, women’s health and wellness, and sexuality.
SALENA MULLEN - Has over 25 years in the mental and public health field, integrating social justice, restorative models, and health equity frameworks to address racism and improve disparities that plague New Yorkers, but more specifically, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. Salena focuses on organizational management and design. Through her leadership, she implements and offers practical instruction on how to enhance JEDI&B, health centered programs and leadership competencies that help achieve systemic reform to improve health outcomes, especially for marginalized people impacted by social determinants of health and bias in healthcare administration and public service leadership. She's also a longtime community advocate and activist whose goal is to disrupt and put the voice of the people at the forefront of any change. In the words of Audre Lorde, “The Master’s tools will never dismantle the Master’s house. Salena works to create new “tools”, empower new “Master’s”, and build new “houses”. As a gay, black, woman, and a daughter of Pan-Africanists - advocacy and activism comes naturally and is embedded in all aspects of her work she's done since she was thirteen. Salena approaches her work from community organizing, and people-first, peer approach, providing holistic, data driven, and strategic solutions and oversight. It is important for her to continue to build up and give space to the next generation of leaders and change makers.
WEN PEGUERO - Progressive and positive individual on a constant quest to grow personally and inspire others to do the same.