Community Shares welcomes new Board Member

May 13, 2011

Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee is pleased to welcome Darien Winston to its Board of Directors. Winston is Program Coordinator at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, managing HIV/STI education programs for youth.

Before becoming Program Coordinator, Winston was a peer Youth advisor for three years at the LGBT Community Center where he counseled youth. He also spent time at the center as a Youth Development Specialist, hosting educational pieces about healthy living, Alcohol, Drugs, HIV Awareness, and other issues.

Winston has volunteered for the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, providing nutritional preparation and distribution. He also spent time volunteering for Diverse and Resilient as an HIV awareness campaign worker and educator.

While attending Concordia University with a major in social work and psychology, Winston advocated for the U-Pass between Concordia University and the Milwaukee Transit System, resulting in a signing of a contract between the two parties in 2008.