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Members of the Other Countries board of directors, such as chairs B. A number of notable writers have been associated with Other Countries, including Assotto Saint (Yves Lubin), Cary Alan Johnson, Melvin Dixon, Essex Hemphill, Donald W. It published its third anthology, Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ê Transgender Writing in 2007. In 1996, the foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with readings and performances.The group broadened its focus to include members of the black LGBT community into their workshop, publications, and board in the late 1990s.
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In 1993, responding to the AIDS epidemic, the collective published its second anthology Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of Aids.
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Its first edition, Other Countries: Black Gay Voices, an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, and art of 32 black gay writers, was published in 1988. In addition to the writers' workshops and live performances, a major function of the organization is periodically publishing a journal. The group was administered by a board of directors, whose functions included fundraising and writing grant proposals, communicating with the membership, and overseeing publications. Other Countries also received grants from other arts funding bodies, such as the North Star Fund. The CCF provided the organizations with its tax-exempt status, as well as fiscal management, consulting, and training services. Other Countries functioned as a program of the Cultural Council Foundation (CCF), which was created under the auspices of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs to provide administrative services to new art groups. The collective is also known as "Other Countries: Black Gay Expression." The name of the group was inspired by the works of James Baldwin. The collective was founded in New York City by Daniel Garrett, growing out of a weekly writing workshop for black gay men that met at the Lesbian and Gay Community Center in Greenwich Village, in 1986. These goals are achieved through publishing, live performances, guided writing and educational workshops, and outreach to underserved communities. Other Countries is a not-for-profit organization formed by a collective of black gay male writers organized with the purpose to develop, promote, and cultivate literary, cultural, and social endeavors and pursuits relevant to the experience of black gay men.