Rev. Clarence Williams, CPPS, PhD is the
founder and director of the Institute for Recovery from Racisms, an
organization dedicated to the promotion of racial sobriety through
the training of Certified Facilitators. He is the author of Recovery
from Everyday Racisms, and People of the Pyramids: The Dialogue
Between the African American and the Hispanic/Latino Communities.
His new book is Racial Sobriety: Becoming the change you want to
see. His numerous articles have appeared in educational, civic and
religious publications throughout the world. He has given
convocations for priests and religious, retreats, workshops and
presentations on racism throughout the nation as well as in Europe,
Africa and South America. He has chaired global conferences on
racism in 1992 and 1995. He has a doctorate in Global Education and
Cultural Communication. Rev. Dr. Williams has recently published
Racial Sobriety workbooks in Spanish and Portuguese. In 2005 the
Brazilian state of Sao Paulo sponsored a book signing in the capitol
building for the Portuguese edition. The Rev. Dr. Williams has
established the month of May as Racial Sobriety Month in North and
South America.
Fr. Williams received the National Black
Catholic Clergy Caucus' "Lifetime Achievement Award," and "The
Archbishop James Lyke Award for Global Leadership" from the Pan
African Roman Catholic Clergy Conference. He is also the recipient
of the Dr. Martin Luther King "Keep the Dream Alive" in Detroit,
Michigan where he served for 15 years as pastor of St. Anthony
Church; then 10 years Director of Black Catholic Ministries and as
the regular celebrant for the TV Mass for Shut-Ins. He also received
the Dr. King Award of the Archdiocese of Miami at their cathedral.
In 2009 Fr. Williams received the "Msgr. Phillip Murnion Award for
Pastoral Excellence from the National Pastoral Life Center in New
York.
Fr. Williams has produced TV programming
which includes documentaries and network special. His documentary
series include "Search for a Black Christian Heritage" and "Black
Vocations." He produced the Easter Mass for ABC television and the
documentary aired on NBC of Sr. Thea Bowman entitled, "Sr. Thea: Her
Own Story" for which he won the Christopher Award for Religious
Broadcasting. Fr. Williams also produced the weekly national radio
program, "This Far By Faith: The Black Catholic Chapel of the Air,"
which aired in more than 200 communities.
Presently, he serves in as the Senior Director of
Racial Equality and Diversity Initiatives at the National Office of Catholic
Charities USA in Alexandria, Virginia. He continues to direct the Institute for
Recovery from Racisms located in Washington, DC at the North American Paulist
Center. To follow Fr. Williams' work you can go to the following WebPages:
www.racialsobriety.org and
www.catholicafricanworld.org.
Contact information:
Fr. Clarence Williams, CPPS, PhD
The Institute
3015 Fourth St. NE
Washington, DC 20017
202-269-2517
frclarence@msn.com
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