Position Title:
Trainer
Calvin Williams is the Fellowship Coordinator at Young People For (People For the American Way Foundation). Calvin holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from LaGrange College, where he was a student government programming board member, Hilltop News contributor, and campus panel organizer. He also created and hosted the Cypher, a weekly spoken word forum that provided a creative outlet around political, cultural, and social justice issues on and beyond campus. After graduating, Calvin served as an assistant dean and educator at a high school in Mississippi, and then taught at a middle school he once attended in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama. Since joining Young People For as a program associate in 2006, Calvin has become the fellowship coordinator. He now resides in Brooklyn, NY where he enjoys performing spoken word, playing guitar, blogging and occasionally brushing up on his b-boyin’ skills.