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Michael Hinson grew up in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] and [[Hemingway, South Carolina]] and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Legal Studies from Peirce College and a Masters in Public Administration from [[Cheyney University of Pennsylvania]]. At the time of his passing in 2022, he was completing a Doctor of Public Administration at [[Capella University]].
Michael Hinson grew up in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] and [[Hemingway, South Carolina]] and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Legal Studies from Peirce College and a Masters in Public Administration from [[Cheyney University of Pennsylvania]]. At the time of his passing in 2022, he was completing a Doctor of Public Administration at [[Capella University]].


He was a founder and director of the Colours Organization in [[Philadelphia]] from 1991–2000, where he developed innovative programs addressing the broader health needs of [[Black]] [[LGBTQ]] people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=African American Gays Are Charting A More Public Course |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/720259446/?terms=michael%20hinson%20gay&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Knight Ridder Newspapers |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>
Hinson was also a prominent members of Philadelphia's Yoruba community, becoming a Yoruba priest in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Michael Samuel Hinson Jr. |url=https://www.wrightmortuary.com/obituaries/Michael-Hinson-3/#!/Obituary |website=wrightmortuary.com |publisher=Wright Mortuary |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>


He was a founder and director of the Colours Organization in [[Philadelphia]] from 1991–2000, where he developed innovative programs addressing the broader health needs of [[Black]] [[LGBTQ]] people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=African American Gays Are Charting A More Public Course |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/720259446/?terms=michael%20hinson%20gay&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Knight Ridder Newspapers |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>
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In 2000, Philadelphia Mayor [[John F. Street]] appointed Hinson as his liaison to the city's LGBTQ+ communities and also as a policy advisor on issues ranging from child welfare to education to homelessness to public safety. <ref>{{citation |title=Panel to advise City on Gay Issues|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112205933/michael-hinson-hired-as-deputy-managing/|date= 4 April 2001 |periodical=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |accessdate=29 October 2022}}</ref> During that time, Hinson's accomplishments included helping to develop a comprehensive plan to combat homelessness in Philadelphia; helping to build a coalition to ensure that gender identity was added to the protections of the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance; procuring funding to help ensure the health of several LGBTQ+ organizations; facilitated the process for rainbow flags to be added to the bottom of street signs in the Philadelphia "gayborhood"; helping to secure funding for Philadelphia to host the US Conference on AIDS; and obtaining funding from the Department of Public Health for the first transgender health clinic in Philadelphia, located at the [[Mazzoni Center]].

In this period, Hinson developed a variety of innovative outreach and education programs to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Black gay community, serving as a co-chair of the Philadelphia AIDS Community Planning Group, and contributing to "The Time to Act is Now!," a comprehensive set of recommendations on preventing HIV infection and AIDS in the wider African American Community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=The Time to Act is Now |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970707112343/http://www.critpath.org/wtp/time/first.htm |website=critpath.org/wtp |publisher=We The People Living with AIDS/HIV |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>

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In 2000, Philadelphia Mayor [[John F. Street]] appointed Hinson as his liaison to the city's LGBTQ+ communities and also as a policy advisor on issues ranging from child welfare to education to homelessness to public safety. <ref>{{citation |title=Panel to advise City on Gay Issues|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112205933/michael-hinson-hired-as-deputy-managing/|date= 4 April 2001 |periodical=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |accessdate=29 October 2022}}</ref> During that time, Hinson's accomplishments included helping to develop a comprehensive plan to combat homelessness in Philadelphia; helping to build a coalition to ensure that gender identity was added to the protections of the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Michael Hinson Jr A Lifetime of Activism |url=https://epgn.com/2022/06/22/michael-hinson-jr-a-life-of-activism/ |website=epgn.com |publisher=Philadelphia Gay News |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> procuring funding to help ensure the health of several LGBTQ+ organizations; facilitated the process for rainbow flags to be added to the bottom of street signs in the Philadelphia "gayborhood"; helping to secure funding for Philadelphia to host the US Conference on AIDS; and obtaining funding from the Department of Public Health for the first transgender health clinic in Philadelphia, located at the [[Mazzoni Center]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=HInson |first1=Michael |title=Michael Hinson: A LIfetime of Activism |url=https://epgn.com/2022/06/22/michael-hinson-jr-a-life-of-activism/ |website=epgn.com |publisher=Philadelphia Gay News |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>


In addition to the founding of Colours, he also played a pivotal role for many organizations in the city, lending his energy and talents to help strengthen the LGBTQ service infrastructure in Philadelphia. As part of this work, he helped found Philly Black Gay Pride in 1999 and was one of seven founders of the Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council founded in 2006. He was also an integral member of the grass roots, community-based organization Black and Latinx Community Control of Health.
In addition to the founding of Colours, he also played a pivotal role for many organizations in the city, lending his energy and talents to help strengthen the LGBTQ service infrastructure in Philadelphia. As part of this work, he helped found Philly Black Gay Pride in 1999 and was one of seven founders of the Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council founded in 2006. He was also an integral member of the grass roots, community-based organization Black and Latinx Community Control of Health.
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After leaving the Street administration, Hinson eventually began working as a leader nationally in Black and LGBTQ+ community organizing. Michael was one of the founders of the [[International Federation of Black Prides]] (now [[Center for Black Equity]]) and served as the Board Chair from 1999-2010. He was the IFBP/CBE Director of Programs from 2010-2018. In these roles, he helped increase IFBP/CBE membership from eight Black Prides to thirty-two Black Prides around the globe. Additionally, he invested in Black leaders nationally and internationally, bringing effective strategies he had implemented in Philadelphia to many other communities.
After leaving the Street administration, Hinson eventually began working as a leader nationally in Black and LGBTQ+ community organizing. Michael was one of the founders of the [[International Federation of Black Prides]] (now [[Center for Black Equity]]) and served as the Board Chair from 1999-2010. He was the IFBP/CBE Director of Programs from 2010-2018. In these roles, he helped increase IFBP/CBE membership from eight Black Prides to thirty-two Black Prides around the globe. Additionally, he invested in Black leaders nationally and internationally, bringing effective strategies he had implemented in Philadelphia to many other communities.
During the final leg of his career, Hinson turned his focus back to addressing homelessness in Philadelphia, an area that was part of his work during the Street administration.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Homeless |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/728919663/?terms=michael%20hinson%20homeless&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> Hinson was a passionate advocate for people experiencing homelessness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Ping Pong with City's Homeless |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/516898039/?terms=michael%20hinson%20homeless&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> From 2017 until his death in 2022, Hinson he served as the President and CEO of SELF, Inc., the city’s largest provider of emergency and transitional housing, which doubled in size under his leadership and included the development of Way Home, a partnership with the [[William Way LGBT Community Center]] that provides rental assistance for LGBTQ+ people. Upon the onset of the COVID pandemic, Hinson also led efforts to assure that homeless people were protected and received the health services they needed when infected.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Pandemic exposed other epidemics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/705354057/?terms=michael%20hinson%20self%20inc.&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>
During the final leg of his career, Hinson turned his focus back to addressing homelessness in Philadelphia, an area that was part of his work during the Street administration.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Homeless |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/728919663/?terms=michael%20hinson%20homeless&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> Hinson was a passionate advocate for people experiencing homelessness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Ping Pong with City's Homeless |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/516898039/?terms=michael%20hinson%20homeless&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> From 2017 until his death in 2022, Hinson he served as the President and CEO of SELF, Inc., the city’s largest provider of emergency and transitional housing, which doubled in size under his leadership and included the development of Way Home, a partnership with the [[William Way LGBT Community Center]] that provides rental assistance for LGBTQ+ people. Upon the onset of the COVID pandemic, Hinson also led efforts to assure that homeless people were protected and received the health services they needed when infected.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Pandemic exposed other epidemics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/705354057/?terms=michael%20hinson%20self%20inc.&match=1 |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> Hinson's leadership on homeless issues resulted in his election as a co-chair of the Philadelphia Roadmap to Homes Committee, which determines priorities for the City's federal funding for homeless services.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Michael Hinson |url=https://theorg.com/org/self-inc/org-chart/michael-hinson |website=theorg.com. |publisher=The Org |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref> He also served as a board members of Philadelphia Family Voices, an organization supporting families of children with autism and other behavioral health challenges.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinson |first1=Michael |title=Michael S. Hinson |url=https://theorg.com/org/self-inc/org-chart/michael-hinson |website=theorg.com |publisher=The Org.com |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>


In a June 2022 interview with the [[Philadelphia Gay News]], which was honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, Hinson talked about the work he was doing at SELF, Inc. and the importance of permanent housing. “That’s the solution for so many things,” he said, “health care, education, and employment are all things that are difficult to maintain without permanent housing. We fight every minute of every chance we get to fight for Black & Brown and LGBTQ people who continually bear the brunt of the discrimination that leads to housing issues.”
In a June 2022 interview with the [[Philadelphia Gay News]], which was honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, Hinson talked about the work he was doing at SELF, Inc. and the importance of permanent housing. “That’s the solution for so many things,” he said, “health care, education, and employment are all things that are difficult to maintain without permanent housing. We fight every minute of every chance we get to fight for Black & Brown and LGBTQ people who continually bear the brunt of the discrimination that leads to housing issues.”

Revision as of 17:14, 20 November 2022

Michael S. Hinson Jr.
Michael S. Hinson Jr.
Born(1966-12-20)December 20, 1966
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
DiedAugust 27, 2022(2022-08-27) (aged 55)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materCheyney University of Pennsylvania
Capella University
John Dickinson High School
OccupationAdvocate

Michael S. Hinson Jr. (1966-2022) was an American Black and LGBTQ activist, educator, and researcher who lived in Philadelphia, PA, and was the Chief Executive Officer of SELF, Inc. [1] [2] [3]

Life and works

Michael Hinson grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and Hemingway, South Carolina and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Legal Studies from Peirce College and a Masters in Public Administration from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. At the time of his passing in 2022, he was completing a Doctor of Public Administration at Capella University.

Hinson was also a prominent members of Philadelphia's Yoruba community, becoming a Yoruba priest in the early 1990s.[4]

He was a founder and director of the Colours Organization in Philadelphia from 1991–2000, where he developed innovative programs addressing the broader health needs of Black LGBTQ people.[5]

In this period, Hinson developed a variety of innovative outreach and education programs to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Black gay community, serving as a co-chair of the Philadelphia AIDS Community Planning Group, and contributing to "The Time to Act is Now!," a comprehensive set of recommendations on preventing HIV infection and AIDS in the wider African American Community.[6]

In 2000, Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street appointed Hinson as his liaison to the city's LGBTQ+ communities and also as a policy advisor on issues ranging from child welfare to education to homelessness to public safety. [7] During that time, Hinson's accomplishments included helping to develop a comprehensive plan to combat homelessness in Philadelphia; helping to build a coalition to ensure that gender identity was added to the protections of the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance;[8] procuring funding to help ensure the health of several LGBTQ+ organizations; facilitated the process for rainbow flags to be added to the bottom of street signs in the Philadelphia "gayborhood"; helping to secure funding for Philadelphia to host the US Conference on AIDS; and obtaining funding from the Department of Public Health for the first transgender health clinic in Philadelphia, located at the Mazzoni Center.[9]

In addition to the founding of Colours, he also played a pivotal role for many organizations in the city, lending his energy and talents to help strengthen the LGBTQ service infrastructure in Philadelphia. As part of this work, he helped found Philly Black Gay Pride in 1999 and was one of seven founders of the Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council founded in 2006. He was also an integral member of the grass roots, community-based organization Black and Latinx Community Control of Health.

In 2005, in his role as LGBTQ+ liaison in the Street Administration, Hinson funded the LGBT Community Assessment,[10] an assessment of the broad health related needs of LGBT populations in the Philadelphia region, and worked closely with community researchers Chris Bartlett and Heather Batson to complete the research. Through his leadership, the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Foundation subsequently funded an LGBT Youth Assessment, which he also envisioned and funded.[11]

After leaving the Street administration, Hinson eventually began working as a leader nationally in Black and LGBTQ+ community organizing. Michael was one of the founders of the International Federation of Black Prides (now Center for Black Equity) and served as the Board Chair from 1999-2010. He was the IFBP/CBE Director of Programs from 2010-2018. In these roles, he helped increase IFBP/CBE membership from eight Black Prides to thirty-two Black Prides around the globe. Additionally, he invested in Black leaders nationally and internationally, bringing effective strategies he had implemented in Philadelphia to many other communities.

During the final leg of his career, Hinson turned his focus back to addressing homelessness in Philadelphia, an area that was part of his work during the Street administration.[12] Hinson was a passionate advocate for people experiencing homelessness.[13] From 2017 until his death in 2022, Hinson he served as the President and CEO of SELF, Inc., the city’s largest provider of emergency and transitional housing, which doubled in size under his leadership and included the development of Way Home, a partnership with the William Way LGBT Community Center that provides rental assistance for LGBTQ+ people. Upon the onset of the COVID pandemic, Hinson also led efforts to assure that homeless people were protected and received the health services they needed when infected.[14] Hinson's leadership on homeless issues resulted in his election as a co-chair of the Philadelphia Roadmap to Homes Committee, which determines priorities for the City's federal funding for homeless services.[15] He also served as a board members of Philadelphia Family Voices, an organization supporting families of children with autism and other behavioral health challenges.[16]

In a June 2022 interview with the Philadelphia Gay News, which was honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, Hinson talked about the work he was doing at SELF, Inc. and the importance of permanent housing. “That’s the solution for so many things,” he said, “health care, education, and employment are all things that are difficult to maintain without permanent housing. We fight every minute of every chance we get to fight for Black & Brown and LGBTQ people who continually bear the brunt of the discrimination that leads to housing issues.”

SELF, Inc. Board Chair and former Philadelphia Mayor, W. Wilson Goode said, “Mike was a soldier and leader for righteousness, in the truest sense. A champion for marginalized communities, and a selfless public servant for many causes. Mike’s empowering voice and action helped elevate the work of SELF in the public policy leadership space — all while keeping the dignity and respect of people first. We grieve Mike’s passing, but we are better human beings because we shared his presence. We will miss his leadership, but he has left a legacy of passionate advocacy for us to share and follow.”[17]

Throughout his career, Hinson worked very closely with the three people he identified as his strongest mentors: David Fair, Tyrone Smith, and Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer. He built upon their commitments to insure the unapologetic centering of the voices of Black and Brown, LGBTQ, and other communities who benefited from his strong voice. He was well-known for his mentorship of others, described as "a coach for a generation of Black LGBTQ leaders in Philadelphia."[18]

Hinson said in a 2018 Philadelphia Magazine interview “Even on the days when the weight of the challenges seems insurmountable and the loneliness of the roads traveled seems endless, I am forever grateful for the opportunities and platforms available to me to contribute in a small way to the humanity I know we all deserve.” [19]

References

  1. ^ "Michael Hinson remembered as a 'superhero' for his activism on AIDS, LGBTQ rights, and homelessness", Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 August 2022, retrieved 29 October 2022
  2. ^ "Michael Hinson, advocate for the marginalized, dies at 55", Philadelphia Tribune, 29 August 2022, retrieved 29 October 2022
  3. ^ "Remembering Michael Hinson, one of Philly's most beloved LGBTQ community leaders", Billy Penn, 29 August 2022, retrieved 29 October 2022
  4. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Michael Samuel Hinson Jr". wrightmortuary.com. Wright Mortuary. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ^ Hinson, Michael. "African American Gays Are Charting A More Public Course". newspapers.com. Knight Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. ^ Hinson, Michael. "The Time to Act is Now". critpath.org/wtp. We The People Living with AIDS/HIV. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Panel to advise City on Gay Issues", Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 April 2001, retrieved 29 October 2022
  8. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Michael Hinson Jr A Lifetime of Activism". epgn.com. Philadelphia Gay News. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  9. ^ HInson, Michael. "Michael Hinson: A LIfetime of Activism". epgn.com. Philadelphia Gay News. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  10. ^ Public Health Management Corporation, Funded by the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Foundation, October 27, 2006. "The Philadelphia LGBT Assessment Final Report"
  11. ^ Public Health Management Corporation, Funded by the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Foundation, August 30, 2007. "The Philadelphia LGBT Assessment: A focus on LGBT youth"
  12. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Homeless". newspapers.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  13. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Ping Pong with City's Homeless". newspapers.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  14. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Pandemic exposed other epidemics". newspapers.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  15. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Michael Hinson". theorg.com. The Org. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  16. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Michael S. Hinson". theorg.com. The Org.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  17. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Outley House Mourns Passing of Michael Hinson". swglobetimes.com. SW CDC Globe Times. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  18. ^ Hinson, Michael. "Remembering Michael Hinson". billypenn.com. Billy Penn. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Michael Hinson: The Voice in the Hall", Philadelphia Magazine, 10 February 2018, retrieved 29 October 2022

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