Elizabeth Omilami

Infobox revolution biography
name = Elisabeth Williams- Omilami |
lived = February 18, 1951–present
dateofbirth = birth date|1951|2|18|mf=y
placeofbirth = Atlanta, Georgia, USA


caption = "Elisabeth Omilami"
alternate name = Elisabeth Omilami, Elizabeth Omilami, Elisabeth Williams- Omilami
occupation = Non- Profit Director of "'Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless, successing her father, Hosea Williams after posthumously.
spouse = Afemo Omilami
parents = Hosea L. Williams
children = son, Awodele
daughter, Juanita
movement = Arts, International Missions, Poverty Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Women's Rights, Malnutrition, Homelessness and Peace Movement
organizations = Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless
religion = Christian
influences = Fannie Lou Hamer, Fannie Lou Hamer, Juanita Terry Williams, Juanita Williams, Gandhi, Andrew T. Young, Martin Luther King, Jr., Hosea Williams

Elisabeth Williams-Omilami (born February 18, 1951) is an American activist and actress, and the voice of the less fortunate at Hosea Feed the Hungry.

Biography

She was born in Atlanta, the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and State Representative Juanita T. Williams. Omilami is a graduate of Hampton University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre.

Activism

At an early age, Omilami's parents taught her that people should be accountable for each other, for their environment and should fight for justice for all people. As a young girl, she accompanied her father on marches and movements across the South. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, after having the distinction of being one of the youngest people arrested in the fight for civil rights, Omilami was sent to boarding school. She also has the distinction of being the first African American woman in seventy-five years to spend the night in the Forsyth County jail during a march in January of 1981.Omilami had also worked for over 15 years in the background of her father's Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless efforts, and upon his passing in November 2000 became the organization's CEO, expanding the organization to provide an additional 40,000 dinners yearly with the addition of events on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Easter Sunday. She is has also spoken and toured worldwide for several international relief efforts in places like the Philippines and Uganda.

Omilami's acknowledgments for humanitarian service includes: A Georgia State Senate Resolution in recognition of her Community Service, Atlanta Business League 100 Women of Influence, For Sisters Only, Women In Film Humanitarian Award, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia Outstanding Citizen, State of Georgia Goodwill Ambassador, YWCA Women of Achievement Academy, Burger King Urban Everyday Heroes, Kraft Community Service; SCLC Women Drum Major for Justice, T. D. Jakes Phenomenal Woman, Daughters of Isis Community Service Award, the Emory University M.L.K. Community Service Award and The National Conference of Black Mayors Fannie Lou Hamer Unsung Heroine Award.

Theatre and film

Omilami founded of one of Atlanta's earliest theatre companies People's Survival Theater, as well as the "Summer Artscamp", providing arts programming for economically challenged youth for over 7 years. She is a playwright has written several plays, one of which is "There Is A River In My Soul". She is a past member of both the Georgia Council For The Arts and the Fulton County Arts Council and is a passionate advocate for the arts to be instituted as permanent part of society. She is an accomplished actress and has performed at the Alliance Theatre in "A Christmas Carol" and in early 2002 in "Left Hand Singing" at the Jewish Theatre of The South. She can also be seen in the HBO made for television movie "Boycott" and will be remembered by fans of both "In the Heat of the Night" and the award winning "I'll Fly Away".

Home life

She is the wife of actor Afemo Omilami, Co-Director of Hosea's Feed The Hungry and Homeless, and has two children - son Awodele and daughter Juanita. She is a member of Abundant Life Church in Lithonia, where her Pastor is Rev. Woodrow Walker, II. She is an active member of the Prison, Missions and Drama Ministries there.

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External links

*Atlanta Women's Network. (2006). About Elisabeth Omilami. Retrieved 2007-06-12 from http://www.atlantawomensnetwork.org/Speakers/06JulyElisabethOmilami.html
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* [http://www.hoseafeedthehungry.com/ Official Website of Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless]