Lisa Williamson

Lisa Williamson was born in the Bronx projects in 1964.During her youth she was a perpetual welfare recipient; a fact she found "fraught with indignity."Driven to escape her environment she studied hard, earning scholarships to Cornell and Rutgers where she studied history.During college she became a Civil Rights activist.To that end she has worked with United Church of Christ's Commission for Racial Justice, and founded the African Youth Survival Camp for homeless kids in North Carolina.