Founder

Mr. Joshua Williams, Jr. was born in Quincy, Florida, where he was the first in a family of seven to go off to college. This transition was very enormous for a small town country boy, who had never been to a big city. He received scholarships from Florida A & M University, Florida State University, University of Florida and Dillard University. At the graduation, when it was announced that Mr. Williams would be traveling to New Orleans, the all attendees gave him a standing ovation. Mr. Williams conceived and implemented the Just Willing Foundation (JW) in June 2004 as a youth development program that was honoring his parents. The lengthy talks in which he had with his parents about his future, always resulted in the following statement “All things are possible, if you are Just Willing” . Remembering that statement empowered me to create an start the Just Willing Foundation, that is developed to work with kids an ensure that anything is possible, if you put your mind to it. The Just Willing Foundation became a free standing agency of June 2004 with Mr. Williams as the President/CEO. The Just Willing Foundation is a community organization that has partnered with the Orleans Parish School System, The City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Police Department, the District Attorneys Office and a host of community organizations. The organization’s focus is education, early intervention, and job development. The organization is designed to pre-empt negative environmental influences and promote the positive development of high-risk, inner-city youth. The foundation has served as an effective support and intervention system for young African-American youth and adults.

Mr. Williams received an Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at Dillard University in New Orleans and is completing further study in business administration at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He has extensive experience in counseling of both youth and adults. Additionally, he has worked successfully in management positions involved with the delivery of social services, organizing and planning resources, and coordinating activities to meet specific objectives. Mr. Williams also was selected to the Wall of Fame at Lawrence Crocker Elementary for his outstanding work that helped 4th grade students prepare to pass the LEAP test in Louisiana.