Warren Alexander Dates is a native of Gadsden, Alabama. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from Miles College, a United Negro College Fund member institution. He obtained his license to preach in 2004. In 2010 following his November 2009 HIV/AIDS diagnosis, Minister Dates founded The 6:52 Project Foundation, Inc. (6:52 Project). The 6:52 Project began leading the way of exploring the complexity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as it partners with local, state, and national individuals, organizations, and corporations on January 16, 2010. Its resources target individuals and organizations whose audience includes those affected and/or infected between the ages of 15-35 years.

Warren’s corporate work experience includes being employed at The National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation (NBCAHOF) in Atlanta, Georgia where he served as Vice-President of Programs & Fund Development. Prior to the Hall of Fame, Warren worked for the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute in North Carolina. As Program Manager, Warren was responsible for corporate relationships and was project manager for the annual Chief Diversity Officers Forum.

Warren is currently a member of the Alabama Department of Public Health’s HIV Prevention & Care Group (HPCG); His company currently serves as a contractor with several divisions within Alabama Public Health and The University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work, who is one of three Coordinating Centers for The Compass Initiative, a southern-funded project of a pharmaceutical company. Warren is the Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors for NEAL (Northeast Alabama) Together (an LGBTQ Community Support Group), founded as a sister-organization of the 6:52 Project in 2015.

In 2020, the 6:52 Project celebrated its 10th year Anniversary. Its daily motto is “Making a Difference for Tomorrow’s World, TODAY!” Warren’s vision of how to further impact community was realized when some of the country’s brightest minds in the HIV, LGBTQIA+, Marketing, and Non-Profit sectors agreed to join him in launching a Speaker’s Bureau for consulting, speaking, and training opportunities. From those relationships, “The 6:52 Project Speaks,” was formed and officially launched on July 1, 2020. The Bureau collective has over 300 years of combined academic training, curriculum design, IT, media and marketing, program implementation and management, and public speaking experience. Additionally, in January 2021 the 6:52 Project launched its monthly Podcast hosted on PodBean called ‘Got2bReal with Warren and Mark.’

In 2021, Warren was successful in obtaining US Patent Trademarks on the names of The 6:52 Project Foundation, Inc.® and its core educational curriculum, MyHealth.MyCommunity.MyPower.® These designations allow the Foundation to enter the world of product development to be able to share its educational programming and promotional products for a global audience to consume.

On September 24, 2016, Dates married his love, Kevin, and is now Warren Alexander O’Meara-Dates and they are proud doggie dads of a dachshund hound/miniature pincher mix named Miracle.

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