A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Christopher Williams
Chris Williams, assistant director of the James Farmer Multicultural Center and a member of the Recording Academy, was featured in VPM discussing the use of campaign music by Virginia gubernatorial candidates. Williams noted that the music selected by Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears “signals that she has her own plans and own future,” reflecting strategic messaging through sound. Read the full story.
Assistant Director of the James Farmer Multicultural Center Chris Williams
The Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. announced this year’s preservation award recipients at its annual meeting on Saturday, March 15. Chris Williams, assistant director of the University of Mary Washington’s James Farmer Multicultural Center, received Special Recognition awards for establishing the city’s Civil Rights Trail. Read more.
If the album covers on the walls of Chris Williams’ office put a spin on his story, Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony will bring it full circle. A longtime songwriter and music journalist, Williams – assistant director of the University of Mary Washington’s James Farmer Multicultural Center (JFMC) – has been published in Ebony, The Atlantic, […]
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams earned a series of recent headlines for the July 16, 2024, unveiling of five on-campus markers that are part of the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, “Freedom, A Work in Progress.” Williams, along with the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews, spearheaded the project, working to create the trail, which was included as part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail earlier this year. Local and regional headlines include:
U.S. Civil Rights Trail unveils new historical markers in Fredericksburg (VPM)
Five panels along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail were unveiled Tuesday at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.
https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-07-17/us-civil-rights-trail-mary-washington-fredericksburg
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams received praise in a recent issue of Leisure Group Travel. The article, titled “Fredericksburg’s Civil Rights Trail: A Story of People,” says that enough cannot be said about the partnership between the City of Fredericksburg and the University of Mary Washington. The authors of the trail’s narrative are Victoria Matthews (City of Fredericksburg Economic Development and Tourism) and Chris Williams (University of Mary Washington’s James Farmer Multicultural Center). The University Geography Department and Historic Preservation Department students and faculty made significant contributions developing the story maps, collecting oral histories and archival information. Read more.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams joined the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews in talking about the importance of the Fredericksburg Trail now being part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail on “Town Talk,” News Talk 1230 WFVA. Listen to the segment.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Christopher Williams
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams and Victoria Matthews with Fredericksburg Tourism talked with B101.5’s Town Talk host, Ted Schubel, about the importance of new stories revealed by the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, ‘Freedom, A Work in Progress.’ Listen to the episode.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams was honored for his work – along with Victoria Matthews, Fredericksburg’s tourism sales manager – on the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail. Matthews accepted the regional Shining Example partnership award from the Southeast Tourism Society on behalf of the university and the city in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. The award was recognized in an article titled “UMW, City of Fredericksburg win regional award for Civil Rights Trail,” which appeared in The Free Lance-Star. Read more.
UMW James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams. Photo by Karen Pearlman.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams’ behind-the-scenes work with the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews was lauded in an article titled “Fredericksburg unveils historic marker honoring John Washington,” which ran recently in The Free Lance-Star. “In February, the city and the University of Mary Washington introduced a Civil Rights Trail that has been years in the making,” the article says. Williams and Matthews have been the driving force behind the initiatives. Read more.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams (foreground) with ‘Town Talk’ host Ted Schubel and the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams joined Victoria Matthews with City of Fredericksburg Tourism on radio station WFVA’s Town Talk. The two spoke about the new Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, which launched in Fredericksburg. The two-part trail includes stops marking significant milestones at the University of Mary Washington. Listen to the episode.