Dr. E. Faye Williams, MPA, DPA, D.Min, D.Th, Esq.
President/CEO, National Congress of Black Women, Inc.
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“It is through our struggles that we gain our victories.” Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq.
“Do you think the Indians celebrate Columbus Day on Indian Reservations?” Dick Gregory “When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, the last stream poisoned, you will realize you can’t eat money.” Native American Proverb
“It is my duty to protect those I love.” Black PantherUntil the lions tell their own story, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter. — African Proverb
WHEN I 1ST MET THIS VERY “HISTORICAL AND CLASSY LADY” AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW CHAPTER OF THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL CONGRESS OF BLACK WOMEN (THE ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED BY THE LATE-GREAT CONGRESSWOMAN=SHIRLEY CHISHOLM); IT WAS AS IF “INSTANT RESPECT AND FAMILY TIES” REGISTERED AND “GOD ORDERED OUR STEPS TO BECOME FRIENDS AS A BIG SISTER AND BROTHER AND SISTER=MY WIFE, ACCEPTED!
In 2015, Chisholm was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[4]
https://www.nationalcongressbw.org/shirley-chisholm
IT IS VERY STRANGE, SOMETIMES HOW “GOD” HAS BLESSED ME TO FIND “FAVOR” WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, (POSITIVE GREAT LEADERS) AND AS I SAID, BEFORE;
Psalm 37:23 King James Version (KJV)
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Proverbs 16:9 English Standard Version (ESV)
9 The heart of man plans his way,
but the Lord establishes his steps.
I WAS “NOT” GOING TO ATTEND, THE “SWEARING IN” OF THE NEW LAS VEGAS CHAPTER OFFICERS EVENT, THAT NIGHT, I WAS SSOOO TIRED (“THE MONSTER, AKA DIABETES, HAD PRETTY MUCH WON THE “BATTLE” FOR THAT DAY. I WAS GOING TO IGNORE THAT “PRIVATE, BY INVITATION ONLY” EVENT, AND WAS GOING TO HEAD TO BED; AT ABOUT 6:30 THAT EVENING. BUTTT, AS “HE” DOES, WHEN “HE” WANTS TO DO STUFF; “GOD” JUST KEPT BUGGING ME, WITH A “GET YOURSELF UP; AND GO TO THIS”; I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO LEARN AND SEE!” MMAANN, ITS LIKE THAT MESSAGE KEPT BUGGING ME, AND BUGGING ME… SSOO, I GOT UP AND PUT ON SUIT JACKET AND PROFESSIONAL DRESS CLOTHES, AND TOLD MY WIFE SHE/WE WERE GOING, NO QUESTIONS… SHE LOOKED AT ME KIND OF STRANGE. I JUST TOLD HER, I WANTED TO START GETTING HER INTRODUCED TO SOME CAUSES, AND THINGS, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT “SHE CAN” GET INVOLVED IN…SHE HAD JUST TOLD ME ABOUT TWO WEEKS EARLIER, THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO JUST LIVE ON THIS EARTH AND DIE, WITHOUT DOING SOME THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER… SOOOO, WE WENT. I HAD TOLD HER, WE WOULD JUST GO AND “SHOW OUR FACES” AND COULD LEAVE EARLY, WITHOUT STAYING FOR THE WHOLE EVENT(S)….
SSOO, WHEN WE GET TO THAT EVENT; AS WE WALK INTO THE PLACE, HEADING FOR OUR SEATS; WE WALK BY “COMMISSIONER WEEKLY, BEING INTERVIEWED”, AND I HAD NO IDEA WHO HE WAS, BACK THEN; BUT, I HAD ON MY “BLACK COWBOY HAT” AND AS GOD HAS IT, A “BIG TALL 6FT 3 1/2 INCH BLACK MAN, WEARING A COWBOY HAT” IS NOTICEABLE, AND HAS A PRESENCE, WALKING INTO A ROOM… I HAD MY WIFE’S HAND, IN MINE AND THE CAMERAS, SWUNG AROUND TO US, AND OF COURSE, I GOT ASKED TO ALLOW THEM A FEW SHOTS, AT US, WHICH THEY ALREADY HAD; THEN I GOT INTRODUCED TO “COMMISSIONER WEEKLY” AND OVER BY THE BAR; I SAW, MY LATE-GREAT FRIEND, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, ASSEMBLYMAN TYRONE THOMPSON, AT THE BAR, SO I HEADED OVER TO HIM, TO SHAKE HIS HAND AND HUG EACH OTHER, AND INTRODUCE HIM TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE…
THEN, I FOUND US A PLACE TO SIT AND OVER IN THE “STAGING AREA” WAS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND THEY ALL SURROUNDED THIS BEAUTIFUL, SOFT-SPOKEN LADY. (MY “SPIDEY-SENSE”, TOLD ME SHE WAS IMPORTANT AND A “V.I.P.”, BUT AS I DO, I LIKE TO SIT BACK AND “JUST BLEND IN, AND LISTEN AND LEARN, STUFF”..KIND OF VERY, VERY HARD TO DO, AS TALL AS I AM, AND WITH THAT BIG COWBOY HAT ON, BUT OH WELL…SOO, AFTER SHE “DR. E. FAYE WILLIAMS” GOT INTRODUCED, BY THE M.C., OK; NOW, I REALIZED WHY “GOD HAD ORDERED AND ESTABLISHED MY STEPS” THAT NIGHT.
Proverbs 16:9 English Standard Version (ESV)
9 The heart of man plans his way,
but the Lord establishes his steps.
AFTER HER SPEECH AND SWEARING IN CEREMONIES, D.R WILLIAMS (SHE KEEPS TELLING ME TO CALL HER “FAYE”/LOL; MY COUSIN ROGER McKNIGHT HAS NO PROBLEM CALLING HER “FAYE” THAT YOUNG MAN IS A MESS; LOL)…WELL, “FAYE” WAS GOING AROUND THE ROOM SHAKING HANDS AND INTRODUCING HERSELF, AND SHE SAW US AND “RADIATED OVER TO US”… SO I INTRODUCED MYSELF AND MY WIFE AND TOLD HER WHY I BROUGHT MY WIFE TO THE EVENT; AND “WHATEVER GOD DOES, WHEN HE DOES IT” … DR. WILLIAMS TOLD ME; “I COMMEND YOU, A MAN, FOR SUPPORTING HIS WIFE, AND BRINGING HER TO US AND WAIT RIGHT HERE”… NOW, SHE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THIS; BUT, MOM/MAMA/MOTHER USED TO CALL THIS: (“Blessed and Highly Favored“) MOMENTS. “FAYE” WENT BACK OVER TO HER “ENTOURAGE OF HER GROUP/PROTECTIVE AND SURROUNDING HER, SHE KIND OF DISAPPEARED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THEM, AND CAME BACK OUT, WITH “HER PRIVATE” CONTACT INFORMATION AND HANDED IT TO ME. SHE SAID: “NOW, YOU ALL/BOTH OF YOU, CAN CALL ME/CONTACT ME/EMAIL ME, ANYTIME; YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CALL THE OFFICE, YOU MAY NOT GET THROUGH TO ME, THAT WAY”… TO ME; “THAT WAS GOD’S PLANS”, AND “HE” ORDERED MY STEPS, THAT NIGHT, AND A LASTING FRIENDSHIP, OF SUCH AN HISTORICAL/HERITAGE AND KIND WOMAN/LADY OF SPECIALTY.
GUESS WHAT?; DR, WILLIAMS HAS SOME OF THE SAME SAYING, ALL THE TIME, THAT MOM/MAMA/MOTHER HAD: ” Blessed and Highly Favored”
Biography
Entrepreneur and civic leader E. Faye Williams is an accomplished attorney, businesswoman and teacher. Born in 1941, Williams has studied at several universities, and holds several advanced degrees. She earned her law degree from Howard University, and has worked as a counsel to Congress and a professor of international law at the Southern University Law Center. Additionally, she holds both a master’s degree and a doctorate in public administration. She became the first African American to run a competitive congressional campaign in Louisiana, losing by about 5,000 votes. An active church parishioner and minister, Williams completed a candidacy for a doctorate of ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C.
Williams has made her biggest mark as an activist for peace and human rights. Williams published three books, most notably,The Peace Terrorists, which is a day by day account of her forty-day peace mission prior to the First Gulf War. Williams was one of 200 women held at gunpoint for twenty days in the Arabian Sea. In 1995, she helped organize the Million Man March, serving as host committee co-chair and international spokesperson. At the march, Williams was one of the few women to address the large crowd assembled on the Mall.
Inspired by the Million Man March, Williams started Natural Health Options and Carver/Curtis Products, where she serves as president and CEO. Her companies hold exclusive rights to produce the natural health remedies pioneered by George Washington Carver and his assistant, Austin W. Curtis. Williams also helped organize the Million Family March in 2000. She remains active in several civic organizations. She sits on the board of Partners for Peace, is an adviser to the Woman’s Health Network and Council on Nutrition, and works on the steering committee for Change the Name. Williams is the recipient of numerous awards for her activism and service to community.
WHEN WE, ME AND MY WIFE INVITED “FAYE” DOWN TO THE EVENT, (MULTIPLE FAMILIES REUNION, IN DALLAS, TEXAS AT THE SKYLINE RANCH).. I DID NOT BELIEVE, SHE MAY SAY “YES”, BUT I HAD “FAITH” THAT SHE “COULD” AND SOMETIMES “GOD” SIMPLY SAYS TO ME; “JUST DO WHAT, I TOLD YOU TO DO!”… SO I “DO IT” AND HE ALWAYS KNOWS THAT I HAVE “POSITIVE/GREATER GOOD INTENTIONS”, WHETHER I CHOOSE TO DO IT “HIS” CORRECT WAY, IS TOTALLY ANOTHER WHOLE MATTER… BUT, SOMETIMES; WHEN “HE/GOD” PUTS PEOPLE TOGETHER, “WE MESS IT UP”, NOT HIM: ITS UP TO “US” TO MAKE IT POSITIVE, OR 1, OR THE OTHER WILL/CAN MAKE IT “NEGATIVE”… THE “HARDNESS OF OUR HEARTS” IS WHAT CAUSES “RIFFS/ANGER/JEALOUSY/ENVY/REVENGE/LUST” AKA THE SINS.
SSOOO, WHENEVER YOU MAY HAVE THE CHANCE: PLEASE DO TUNE IN AND HEAR THIS FANTASTIC/HISTORICAL LADY SHARE HER WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE WITH YOU ALL…. SHE WAS ONCE “CAPTURED, ABOARD A FREEDOM FIGHTERS SHIP” ALONG WITH SOME OTHERS, AND “WAS MISSING-IN-ACTION” AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL FORCES, COULD NOT FIND THEM FOR A WHILE….!!!!
THANK “GOD” FOR MAKING ME GO TO THAT EVENT, AND MEETING MY BIG SISTER IN CHRIST, DR. E. FAYE WILLIAMS (FROM LOUISIANA; A DOWN HOME GIRL); WITH STILL SUCH “MODESTY, HUMILITY, AND LOVE”… NOT AN ARROGANT AND BOASTFUL PERSON AT ALL… SHE PURPOSELY WANTED TO STAY WITH AND MEET MY FAMILY; I OFFERED TO PUT HER UP IN A 4/5-STAR HOTEL AND MAKE “LIMO/TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS”… SHE TOLD ME SHE DID NOT WANT ALL THAT, AND JUST WANTED TO BE WITH ME AND MY FAMILY… “THANK YOU TO MOM/MAMA/MOTHER’S” SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND MY CUZZ ROGER McKNIGHT, WITH HIS CRAZY/COUNTRY-UNCLE WILLIAM McKNIGHT MANNERISMS, FUNNY SELF!!!LOL/LOL
https://thmdaprodmedia.blob.core.windows.net/media/story/video/94265 https://www.thehistorymakers.org/ EXPLORE THE HISTORY MAKERS! AND DR. E. FAYE WILLIAMS
