Dr. Van M. Bailey was born on July 24, 1983. He is a queer Black educator, writer, drummer, community builder, sacred space curator, panelist, and speaker. Dr. Van M. Bailey was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of LaRon Bailey, a community organizer and pastor, and Denise Bailey, a registered nurse. Dr. Bailey has three siblings: Autumn, Julian, and Gracie. He grew up in a strict apostolic Pentecostal African American and West Indian household, and when a middle school […]

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