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Remembering Danny Keenan – Huckleberry’s First HIV Program Director

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Danny Keenan – Huckleberry’s First HIV Program Director

In the 1980s, Huckleberry began focusing the growth of our health programming for youth. By the end of the decade, the HIV epidemic loomed large and Huckleberry began mounting its response with prevention programs for homeless and runaway youth, leading to a new era of activism and program development to address HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual health. Danny Keenan, an HIV-positive Residential Counselor at Huckleberry House, established a program to provide HIV prevention by training youth as health educators. Danny became Huckleberry’s first HIV Program Director.

REMEMBERING DANNY KEENAN – A note from Danny’s Brother, Michael
As unbelievable as it might seem, as I was reminiscing with friends about Danny, I recently learned of the existence of the “Danny Keenan Award”, the annual staff award that Huckleberry Youth Programs presents in my brother’s honor. After learning that the award existed, I started to think about my conversations with Danny towards the end of his life regarding his work at Huckleberry House.

Danny was proud of the work being done there and his contributions to the youth of San Francisco. Danny would have been thrilled to know that the organization continues to thrive and that the youth of San Francisco are being served so well. Please know that Danny’s family on the East coast supports the mission of Huckleberry Youth Programs and we will be making a donation in his memory this year and every year moving forward. You honor us by continuing to honor him.

Huckleberry Executive Director, Douglas Styles and Danny’s brother Michael, hold plaques featuring the names of the Danny Keenan Award winners.

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Garnering over 14K followers on Instagram alone, Maddy, known as "MADlines", is an Oakland-based writer, musician, educator, and activist who believes, “our love for one another is more powerful than all the systems conspiring against us.” Whether she’s teaching literary arts workshops to youth both globally and locally, making music, or writing poetry, MADlines has cultivated an influential platform, centered in healing through the power of poetic expression.

Check out MADLines’ most recent column titled, “Why We Must Center Healing in the Movement for Black Lives”, published on KQED: www.kqed.org/arts/13881399/why-we-must-center-healing-in-the-movement-for-black-lives

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Garnering over 14K followers on Instagram alone, Maddy, known as MADlines, is an Oakland-based writer, musician, educator, and activist who believes, “our love for one another is more powerful than all the systems conspiring against us.” Whether she’s teaching literary arts workshops to youth both globally and locally, making music, or writing poetry, MADlines has cultivated an influential platform, centered in healing through the power of poetic expression.

Check out MADLines’ most recent column titled, “Why We Must Center Healing in the Movement for Black Lives”, published on KQED: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881399/why-we-must-center-healing-in-the-movement-for-black-lives

To learn more about MADlines and her work, please visit: https://www.madlinesinfo.com/.
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