Interview | Jul 27, 2023
This installment of the authoer showcase we speak with Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown, author of the new book, The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Cultural Vales Can Transform Your Leadership Practice
Q: What made you decide to make activism as a focal point for your career?
A: I don’t know if I ever consciously decided that I wanted to be an activist. As a Black Queer man coming into consciousness, I just became aware of my own need (and that of others like me) to survive in a hostile world. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized that what me and others were… doing was called activism. In that sense, I didn’t choose to be an activist. Activism chose me.