Rev. Jessica C. Williams, PhD, is an organizer, educator, and pastor serving as Director of Development and Engagement with the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, where she helps lead local organizing efforts, fundraising strategy, and educational programs. She also serves as Adjunct Faculty in Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary (NYC). An American Baptist ordained minister with experience pastoring churches in West Virginia, New York, Iowa, and Kansas, her work brings together organizing, anti-poverty ministries, biblical study, and social transformation to help build a movement to end poverty led by the poor.