National Alliance of Black School Educators Confers W.E.B. DuBois Award for Higher Education
Dr Williams overcame several internal and external barriers to include divorce, depression, and discouragement en route to receiving this award. He knows that the only limits you have are the ones you place on yourself.
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. Michael Tyrone Williams, an educator with the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, has been selected as the 2021 W.E.B. DuBois Higher Education Award recipient by the National Alliance of Black School Educators. He will receive his award at their annual conference to be held November 10-14, 2021, in Los Angeles California convening in November. His journey to this award required him to overcome several barriers including a tumultuous divorce, battle with depression, and several incidences of discouragement.
Dr. Williams hails from the Huntersville section of Norfolk Virginia and has over twenty-eight years of distinguished service advising, engaging, and immersing youth into post-secondary educational opportunities. Throughout his years of service, he has been a school administrator, counselor, special education teacher, and currently serves as the District Student Transition Counselor for the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.
He is a nationally acclaimed speaker, educational consultant, and workshop facilitator. Dr. Williams has facilitated workshops before national, regional, and local organizations to include the Correctional Education Association, National Conference on Higher Education in Prisons, North Carolina Department of Commerce, National School Board Association Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE), and the Idaho/Oregon Multi State Council for Exceptional Children Conference to name a few. He is also the author of the book "I Count Too: Affirming Students Who Look, Love, Learn, and Live Differently".
He holds membership in a plethora of professional associations to include the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Alliance of Black School Educators, Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society, and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He is also a life member of the Virginia State University Alumni Association. Dr. Williams recognizes that the only limits we have are the ones we place on ourselves.
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