Community Organizer, The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center
B.A. in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, UNCG (2015)
Breif Bio
Freddie Wilson was the first to complete the Peace and Conflict Studies undergraduate program at UNC Greensboro in 2015.
Upon graduating, Freddie accepted a position as an Associate Community Organizer with Fighting Against Injustice Towards Harmony (F.A.I.T.H.); a non-profit organization in Daytona Beach, Florida. F.A.I.T.H. organizes a coalition of local churches; synagogues and mosques that seek to do social justice by addressing the root causes of community problems and holding public officials accountable for unjust policy.
F.A.I.T.H.’s most recent victory was in convincing the Volusia County Council to allocate $4 million towards the construction of a homeless shelter called Volusia Safe Harbor.