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= Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. = Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. (1941-Present)  is the President and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women founded by Shirley Chisholm the first African-American elected to congress in 1968. Dr. Williams became the first African-American to run a competitive congressional campaign in Louisiana and later served as Counsel to the U.S. Congress’ District of Columbia Sub-Committee on Judiciary and Education. She served as Legislative Counsel and Chief of Staff for District of Columbia Council member Marion S. Barry. Dr. Williams was appointed by President Barack Obama as a member of the Presidential Scholars Commission. As a Professor of International Law she taught at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta and does regular work in journalism as a News Columnist for Trice Edney News Wire. Dr. Williams as an activist for peace and human rights is notable for her three books, the most notable being The Peace Terrorists, as well as being the Host Committee Co-Chair and International Spokesperson for the 1995 Million Man March. Inspired by the Million Man March lead to her starting Natural Health Options (NHO) as President/CEO.

Early Life
Born in Louisiana in 1941 as one of nine children to her mother Frances Lacour Williams-Johnson and an absent father who was a sharecropper. Williams recalling her childhood raised by her single mother is positive as she recalls never being hungry or without the needed clothes for everyday activities and school.

Education
Dr. Williams establishes her life with an extensive and diverse educational journey beginning at Grambling State University to graduate with a BS Degree in Speech, English, and Dramatic Arts. She became the President of the Grambling Alumni Association, obtaining the position for 10 years. Later she was rewarded membership to the Grambling State University Hall of Fame. Williams attended the University of Southern California to receive a Masters of Public Administration. She remained in California to write her PhD dissertation "The Harassment of African Americans" for Public Administration at the City University of Los Angeles. Dr. Williams went for her degree in Administration and Supervision Credential from the University of California Los Angeles. Ministry and Law was her focus at the University of Southern California to receive a Master of Public Administration Even with the completion of her graduate career she continued to pursue of advance degrees with a Juris Doctorate form Howard University School of law and a Doctor of Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary.

Politics
Dr. E. Faye Williams impressionist step into the political arena happens in her home state of Louisiana. In Louisiana she was the first African-American to run a viable campaign for US Congress in Louisiana where she lost by slim margins by gaining about 100,000 votes to come within 6/10th of 1% to winning the Congressional seat after accounting for a “computer breakdown” occurrence. Since the campaign Dr. Williams supporters often refer to her as title of “Louisiana’s Congresswomen in Exile”. She is a former Council member to the US Congress District of Columbia Sub-Committee on Judiciary and Education as well as to Congressman Mervyn M. Dymally. Additionally, she served as Legislative Counsel and Chief of Staff for District of Columbia Council member Marion S. Barry. Dr. Williams spent some time as White House Liaison to the US Department of Energy during the Clinton Administration. During the 2008 Presidential election she politically advocates for social change as her proficiency show was witnessed through the “Obama for President” campaign. Through her exemplary efforts in the campaign, she served President Barack Obama as a member of the Presidential Scholars Commission. In the campaign she was a prominent rally program speaker and debater that traveled through the country for Obama’s various campaign events. As a Presidential Partner she is able to work with the many subjects of the Obama Administration. She was the head of the combating effort that obtained the US Senate Apology for Lynching and the historical milestone of enacting into law the H.R. 4510 Bill known as the Sojourner Truth Memorial bill. Dr. Williams plays an essential role as one that shapes the laws.

National Congress of Black Women
Dr. E. Faye Williams political career with the National Congress of Black Women (NCBW) began as Immediate Past General Counsel before she became the President and CEO, selected by her predecessor, the late Dr. C. Delores Tucker. Dr. Williams success as President is in respect to how she connects her progress to other great Black women in history and the strong women of everyday life as strong examples as “Black women don’t always get to do what we want to do, but we always do what we have to do.” As President and CEO of NCBW Dr. Williams is head of the vision “ To build a network of women of color in leadership, sustainable entrepreneurship and civic engagement while increasing access to technology and building social enterprises that eliminate gender bias.” Politically Dr. E. Faye Williams expresses the NCBW advocacy to acquire equality for women through the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to be admitted as part of the US Constitution, as explained in her 2015 interview with Comcast Newsmakers. In the 1970s there was a big movement to get the states to add the Equal Rights Amendment. The results of the voting was shy of three votes as 35 was obtained out of the 38 needed votes in the states to ratify it. The new movement is to get three other states to ratify it as well as to start over with another bill to see whichever works first. Dr. Williams points out that passing an equal rights amendment could resolve all the issues that include Gender Discrimination, Violence Against Women, Pregnancy Discrimination, and other relating issues. There are states that do address these issues with laws. However, with admission into the Constitution women will obtain the right to litigate cases and voice their case under the support of an equal right amendment. As Congresswomen and President of the National Congress of Black Women apart of the group of great women alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton whom partook in advocating for the unveiling event to showcase the bust of Sojourner Truth in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center. On April 28. 2009 through the donation of the bust and pedestal from the National Congress of Black Women. In a hall where many women who were vital to the fight for suffrage are present, a missing figure that not a fighter for suffrage, but also an abolitionist, founding mother for women's rights and an advocate for human rights. The historic event to have the first African-American memorial in the US Capitol is joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Award Winning Actress Cicely Tyson, and many others to monument the memorial of Sojourner Truth.

Business
Dr. E. Faye Williams founded the Natural Health Options after her being inspired by the 1995 Million Man March where she had the position of Host Committee Co-Chair and International Spokesperson. As President/CEO of NHO she strives to provide to the family, church, education, and community with natural products introduced by Dr. George Washington Carver. Through entering a long term exclusive agreement with John Adkins, Dr. Williams acquires the rights to manufacture and reintroduce the natural products created by George Washington Carver into the marketplace like it once was in 1944 with Curtis Labs in Detroit. Dr. Williams partakes in efforts to preserve Dr. George Washington Carver’s legacy by purchasing Curtis Labs in 2000 and then by founding the Elements 4 Nature (E4N) company with Jon Adkins in 2008 to sell Carver based products and to create jobs in African-American communities. After entering the exclusive agreement Dr. Williams explained the importance of preserving these milestones in health as “Dr. Carver's work has been extremely important, not only to the Black community, but to the world. We are delighted to have someone with a Tuskegee connection to help us in carrying on Dr. Carver's work”. E4N has a philosophy influenced by the composition of Trinitarian philosophers; Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and Marcus Garvey as they share common philosophical goals of Nation building. E4N maintains dedication to the goal and mission of uplifting African-American communities and to restore the Black economy, a reality that Dr. George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington were able to accomplish. However, these efforts of revival is not an easy goal to achieve especially as there is known White Americans who are working in US covert Government agencies work to end the E4N company and its bold natural health agenda for Black America.

Activism
Dr. E. Faye Williams presents herself as an activist for peace and human rights through her work as an author of several published books and powerful public speaking. A notable book, The Peace Terrorists is a day by day exposee about her forty day peace mission before the occurrence of the First Gulf War. Dr. Williams was in a the group of 200 women that has been held at gunpoint for twenty days in the Arabian Sea. Her more recent notable book THE TRUTH: Shall Set You Free is a first-hand anthology from Dr. E. Faye Williams through the historical events in the 20th and 21st century. These events include the The US Presidential Election of Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Civil Rights icons Dick Gregory, Shirley Chisholm, C. Delores Tucker and several other icons. During these historical years Dr. Williams reflects her humble thoughts as she holds her positions as the National Chair of the National Congress of Black Women and as a Presidential Appointee of Barack Obama.

In 1995 Dr. E. Faye Williams helped organize the Million Man March by serving as host committee co-chair and as an international spokesperson being one of the few women to address the great crowd on the Mall. Her influential public speaking lead her to address various peace and human rights groups in the US, Greece, Iraq, Haiti, Gabon, Senegal, Tunisia, Palestine, Israel, Benin and other nations. She also worked as a delegate to the Reconciliation Conference in Benin, West Africa, and the StraightTalk Economic Empowerment Conference in South Africa.

She has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including BET, CBS, CNN, NPR, Good Morning America, the David Brinkley Show, the Canadian Broadcasting System, C-Span, MSNBC's Hard Ball and others. She has appeared on WorldNet Television to discuss the role people of African descent play in elections.

Membership
Dr. E. Faye Williams involvement in the of healthcare and specifically natural health by being one of the seven distinguished Advisory Board of The Women’s Health Network, Inc. She is also a member of the Council on Natural Nutrition headed by Dr. Ronald Lawrence. Dr. Ronald Lawrence the author of The Miracle of MSM, explaining the research results of a natural remedy for many types of pain and inflammation relief. Additionally she is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Washington, DC.

Dr. Williams membership in education is has a full capsule as well as she is a past Board Member and Chairperson for the Education Reform Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Her membership within Historically Black Institutions and organization involves Dr. Williams as a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Order of the Eastern Star, and a Life Member of the NAACP. Dr. Williams also obtains membership within the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society. For 10 years Dr. Williams served as President of the Grambling Alumni Association. Her community leadership extends to her position as Chair of the Board Leadership Forum (a coalition of key Black organizations), as she succeeds Urban league President Marc Morial.

Dr. Williams political membership involvement contains her serving as an election monitor in Venezuela’s 2008 elections. She is a member of the Board of Directors of  Council for the National Interest and Partners for Peace. Dr. Williams hold a position on the Board of Girls and Boys Club USA and the National Council of Women’s Organizations. She is apart of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and other political organizations.

Awards
From the Support A Child Foundation, Inc. she received the Winnie Mandela Endurance with Dignity Award. She received the Women Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Indiana Black Expo. She was inducted into Ford Motor Company’s Freedom Sisters in 2009, in Who’s Who in Black DC in 2009, and Indigo’s Sisterhood in 2008.

She works with many other business, education, professional, peace, human rights and civic organizations – from which she has received hundreds of honors—including OIC’s Key to Success Award in business. Another of her many  honors includes the Council for the National Interests They Dare to Speak Out Award for her work on  peace and human rights. She was inducted into The HistoryMakers, and received the Zeta Phi Beta Community Service Award.

She has been a recipient of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority Woman of the Year Award. She received the Star Performer Award from the Asian Benevolent Society for her work in creating diversity and promoting business opportunities in Washington, DC among the various cultures. She traveled to Damona, Israel to receive the Humanitarian Award from the African Hebrew Israelite's.

She has been recognized as one of Ebony Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Black Americans” and “Power 150".  She was a surrogate for the “Obama for President Campaign”, speaking at many rallies, luncheons and meetings throughout the nation, and she is now a “Presidential Partner” and was a founder of “Black Women for Obama for Change”.  She is a weekly contributing writer to Trice-Edney Wire Service.