The Lisa C. Williams Endowments & Listening Room
three scholarship funds at boston university
Lisa C. Williams’s commitment to philanthropy was the catalyst for establishing three endowments at Boston University: Circle of Friends Impact Scholarship Fund; Circle of Friends Impact Legacy Scholarship Fund; and Circle of Friends Design for Equity and Inclusion Scholarship Fund. Each of these endowments qualified for the Century Challenge by which Boston University will match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the annual scholarship awards distributed to student(s) from this Fund for a period of 100 years. Each endowment is likely to be worth more than $5 million, or collectively $15 million dollars in 100 years.
The Lisa C. Williams Listening Room was established by Ms. Williams at Boston University as a safe space, as Howard Thurman would say, for “centering down and turning inward.” It is a place for introspection and contemplation and a place to be present and grow. It encourages visitors to be generous, kind and nurturing to themselves and to others.
Rachel’s Law Act
Georgia’s Safe Harbor/Rachel’s Law Act
On January 11, 2015, Ms. Williams established and galvanized the I AM Rachel movement; a collaborative of 400 lawmakers, colleges, survivor voices, houses of worship, community leaders, volunteers, and Rachel herself to fight for the Safe Harbor/Rachel’s Law Act to become law. Georgia’s Safe Harbor/Rachel’s Law Act was signed into law on May 15, 2015. It is the first safe harbor law in America named in honor of a sex trafficking survivor. Rachel is a proud graduate of the Living Water Learning Resource Center and is that survivor.