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    Cecil Williams

    Minister

    Glide Memorial Church

    San Francisco, CA USA

    “Love means living dangerously, and to live dangerously means to risk all that you have. If you're going to do it, you have to go all the way.”

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    Videos

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    Cecil Williams

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    Themes: Risk
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    InterviewThe Interview
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    Life Comes After DeathWeb Exclusive
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    MusicWeb Exclusive
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    Lose SomethingInterview Excerpt
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    Empower The PoorInterview Excerpt
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    Risk All That You HaveInterview Excerpt
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    It Was Not EasyInterview Excerpt
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    Milestones

    Milestones

    My road in life has been direct.
    "It was an ordeal" going to Southern Methodist University when he did-was one of the first African-Americans accepted.
    The school clearly didn't know how to treat their black students; sent him to New Mexico to start a segregated church.
    He said "no way," left SMU for Berkeley, finished theology studies there.
    Was assigned to a church in Kansas City, congregation was largely poor.
    Saw that poverty was a commonality that united white and black churchgoers.
    Realized that to help people "where it hurt the most," he had to empower those who were impoverished.
    Joined Glide Memorial, turned it into a place of refuge for many of San Francisco's poor and homeless.
    Says he created his "own theology," follows example of founder of the Methodist church, who worked extensively with the poor.
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    Education

    Education

    highschool
    High School
    undergrad
    Bachelor
    Sociology
    Huston-Tillotson University
    graduate
    Graduate
    Theology/Theological Studies
    Southern Methodist University
    Career

    Career

    Minister

    I'm a minister, author, social activist, lecturer, community leader and spokesperson for the poor and marginalized.

    Career Roadmap

    Roadmap
    My work combines:
    My work combines:
    Non-Profit Organizations
    Non-Profit Organizations
    Philosophy & Religion
    Philosophy & Religion
    Helping People
    Helping People

    Hurdles

    Hurdles

    Challenges I Overcame

    Other
    Other

    I was one of the first African Americans at SMU