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Michael Angelo Roberson

Uplifting the House Ball scene as a beloved community of Black / Latinx LGBT folks through radical education, chosen family, and public health advocacy

Black and white photograph of Michael Angelo Roberson, an advocate working towards the invigoration of the House Ball scene
Year
2021
Sector
Health, Human Rights, Race & Gender Justice
Borough
Brooklyn
Black and white photograph of Michael Angelo Roberson, an advocate working towards the invigoration of the House Ball scene

Michael believes that ballroom can speak profound truths about humanity and struggle. The Freedom School, named after the late great Ballroom Icon, Arbert Santana, strives to be a beloved community in the old sense — not an ordinary brick and mortar institution, but a forum to channel events, literature and pedagogy, leadership, mentorship, and identity for NYC's Black / Latinx / LGBT ballroom family.

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