—THE 36TH ANNUAL—
BAYARD RUSTIN COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
The Annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast, now in its 36th year, will return to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
For decades, the Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast has served as an annual beacon of HIV/AIDS awareness, advocacy, and support for LGBTQIA+ individuals, communities of color, and dedicated allies, while honoring the enduring legacy of Bayard Rustin.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Although tickets for the 2026 Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast are now sold out, you can still watch the main program by tuning in to Fenway Health’s YouTube or Facebook page.
GEORGE M. JOHNSON |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
George M Johnson is an Award-Winning Black Non-Binary Writer, Author, and Executive Producer located in the LA area. They are the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Young Adult memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue discussing their adolescence growing up as a young Black Queer boy in New Jersey through a series of powerful essays. The book was optioned for Television by Gabrielle Union in 2020, and as of 2024 is the #1 most banned and challenged book in the United States.
In 2018, George served as a NY State Spokesperson for the HIV stops with me Campaign. George was listed on The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2020. The Out 100 Most Influential LGBTQ People in 2021. And in 2022 was honored as one of the TIME100 Next Most Influential People in the World for their fight against censorship in the United States.
In 2021 they wrote and Executive Produced the Dramatic Reading of All Boys Aren’t Blue starring Jennifer Lewis and Dyllon Burnside which received a 2022 Special Recognition Award from GLAAD, and a 2023 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Daytime Special.
BAYARD RUSTIN
Founded by members of the community in 1990 and created by AIDS Action Committee, now the public health division of Fenway Health. The Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast (BRCB) is an annual HIV/AIDS awareness event for LGBTQIA+ people from communities of color and allies to inform, affirm, and empower us all in the continuing the work to address the HIV/AIDS crisis. A central core to the BRCB has been to use art, in all of its forms, as a strategy to educate, sustain hope, and mobilize LGBTQIA+ communities of color and allies to become energized in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
