the team
By selecting relevant members of the local and cultural community, staff and volunteers are well versed in targeting/treating/servicing racial/ethnic and sexual minorities, with preferred and needed services. This perspective adds an emphasis on indigenous norms, language and values. We strive to create sustainable communities that offer food, clothing, shelter, safety, and security not as acts of charity, but as acts of parity.

Vaughn Taylor-Akutagawa
Vaughn Taylor-Akutagawa, the Executive Director of GMAD, brings over two decades of leadership in communities of color and is well-versed in nursing, dance, public health, community-based participatory research, behavioral theory, organizational behavior, and institutional psychology. The CDC, Office of Minority Health, SAMHSA, World Health Organization and many U.S. community based organizations have recognized his gender and culturally concordant work. He penned a 300-page manual on health engagement. Recently he developed curricula on HIV and Older Adults with AIDS Community Research Initiative of America. He participated in HIV vaccine and stigma research with the NY Blood Center and Columbia University.
Christopher Johnson