Jawanza James Williams
Community Organizer, Campaigner, and Politics in Brooklyn
Jawanza James Williams
Community Organizer, Campaigner, and Politics in Brooklyn
Jawanza James Williams is a Black, radical Queer, Prison Abolitionist, Socialist, Feminist, Christian engaged in social critique, local, and state politics in New York.
He is a PhD Political Science student at the CUNY Graduate Center
Williams is originally from Beaumont, Texas. I received a BA in English from Schreiner University in 2012 before moving to New York City, where he works with VOCAL-NY as the Director of Organizing.
Media featuring Williams:
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Highlights:
New York Times
- How the Floyd Protests Turned Into a 24-Hour ‘Occupy City Hall’ in N.Y.
- Have Americans Warmed to Calls to 'Defund the Police'?
- 'Black Leadership Matters': Why a Radical Rift Is Growing Among N.Y. Democrats
The Nation: New York's City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders
VICE: New York's City Hall Occupation Envisions a World Without Police
Slate Magazine: 'Next time we probably won't stop at a public space'
NY1 News: A Black Lives Matter activist reflects on a year of fighting for justice
NBC News: Forty years after first documented AIDS cases, survivors reckon with 'dichotomy of feelings'
Awards and Acknowledgments:
- People's World 2022Better World Awards Honoree
- Citizen Action of New York 2019 Everyday Hero Award
- 2020 Village Independent Democrats Honor for Progressive Activism
- 2020 Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)Community Activist Recognition
- City & State2021 Community Engagement Power 50
- City & State2021 Albany 40 Under 40
- City & State2021 Pride Power
- NPR Diverse Sources Database