Elisabeth Williams-Omilami (born February , ) is an American human
rights activist and an actress.Born in Atlanta, Williams-Omilami is
the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and Georgia State
Representative Juanita T. Williams. Williams-Omilami young life was
spent with the Civil Rights Movement of the s, s and s. After
graduating from college, she created the People's Survival Theatre,
producing a season of five shows per year.[citation needed] People's
Survival Theatre continued to produce shows long after
Williams-Omilami's journey to New York City when her husband Afemo
Omilami received a scholarship to New York University. In New York,
Williams-Omilami worked as an arts administrator and executive
assistant.[where?] Williams-Omilami directed and acted as much as she
could, supporting her family as her husband's career grew. In ,
Williams-Omilami left New York to return to Atlanta.[citation needed]
While in Atlanta Williams-Omilami continued to perform on stage and in
film and television.[citation needed] Williams-Omilami graduated from
Hampton University with a BA in Theatre.Williams-Omilami's parents
brought her along on Civil Rights marches and movements across the
South since she was young. During the height of the Civil Rights
Movement, Williams-Omilami attended boarding school to Wasatch Academy
in Utah where she was the only African-american student.[citation
needed] Williams-Omilami had worked for over years in the background
of her father's Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless efforts, and upon
his passing in November became the organization's CEO, expanding the
organization from a budget of $, to over $. million.[citation needed]
Williams-Omilami worked to provide programs that would meet the basic
needs of the working poor and homeless along a continuum of care
leading to self-sufficiency. Williams-Omilami expanded these programs
from four months to year-round services and established medical
clinics, clothing distribution, barber and beautician services,
children's educational programs, and home delivery of over , dinners
per year.[citation needed] Williams-Omilami has spoken and toured
worldwide for several international relief efforts in places like the
Philippines, where she has founded and operates a school for the
underprivileged children of Mindanou,[citation needed] and Haiti and
Uganda, where she sponsors several orphanages.[citation needed]
rights activist and an actress.Born in Atlanta, Williams-Omilami is
the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and Georgia State
Representative Juanita T. Williams. Williams-Omilami young life was
spent with the Civil Rights Movement of the s, s and s. After
graduating from college, she created the People's Survival Theatre,
producing a season of five shows per year.[citation needed] People's
Survival Theatre continued to produce shows long after
Williams-Omilami's journey to New York City when her husband Afemo
Omilami received a scholarship to New York University. In New York,
Williams-Omilami worked as an arts administrator and executive
assistant.[where?] Williams-Omilami directed and acted as much as she
could, supporting her family as her husband's career grew. In ,
Williams-Omilami left New York to return to Atlanta.[citation needed]
While in Atlanta Williams-Omilami continued to perform on stage and in
film and television.[citation needed] Williams-Omilami graduated from
Hampton University with a BA in Theatre.Williams-Omilami's parents
brought her along on Civil Rights marches and movements across the
South since she was young. During the height of the Civil Rights
Movement, Williams-Omilami attended boarding school to Wasatch Academy
in Utah where she was the only African-american student.[citation
needed] Williams-Omilami had worked for over years in the background
of her father's Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless efforts, and upon
his passing in November became the organization's CEO, expanding the
organization from a budget of $, to over $. million.[citation needed]
Williams-Omilami worked to provide programs that would meet the basic
needs of the working poor and homeless along a continuum of care
leading to self-sufficiency. Williams-Omilami expanded these programs
from four months to year-round services and established medical
clinics, clothing distribution, barber and beautician services,
children's educational programs, and home delivery of over , dinners
per year.[citation needed] Williams-Omilami has spoken and toured
worldwide for several international relief efforts in places like the
Philippines, where she has founded and operates a school for the
underprivileged children of Mindanou,[citation needed] and Haiti and
Uganda, where she sponsors several orphanages.[citation needed]
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