2014 Speakers & Artists

Amir Dixon is an award winning writer, producer, filmmaker and activist and has been named one of the Advocate Magazines 40 under 40. He is the founder of Nu Nation Now Productions that focuses on  producing media and print that aims to empower and inspire oppressed and marginalized people.

 

In 2012 he produced the documentary Friend of Essex that tells the stories of young black gay men around the country, which won the Black Pride Heritage award for Film excellence. In 2014 he followed up with These Are Our Children Too that documents the lives of LGBTQ young people of color as they define 

family and community both in the traditionally sense and chosen. 

 

Amir is the Program Director for Connected Boston which is a program of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition. Connected Boston’s aim are to address health disparities and advance health equity in the lives of Black and Latino gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men in the Greater Boston area to reduce stigma related to sexual orientation, gender expression, and HIV status. 

 

Amir Dixon also is the youngest board member of Hispanic Black Gay Coalition. HBGC is a non-profit organization that seeks to inspire and empower Latino, Hispanic, and Black LGBTQ Bostonians to improve their lives through activism, education, community outreach, and counseling.