Always a spirited celebration honoring LGBT leaders of color in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the 29th annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast, hosted by AIDS Action Committee, proved no exception this year with Allan McClendon receiving the Bayard Rustin Award for Courage, and Larry V. Day, program director of Victory Programs’ Boston Living Center, the Belynda A. Dunn Award for Activism. Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, delivered the keynote address. Actor-singer Gordon Michaels and cellist Sam Ou entertained. The Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast maintains a tradition of commemorating and celebrating the life and work of Bayard Rustin, one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. It is the longest-running event honoring Bayard Rustin’s legacy in the country.
