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Community Activist
Feeding the Least to Increase the Peace
Mr. Edwards will serve as a panelist for the session entitled "Re-Examining our Efforts to Address Domestic Violence in the African American Community - A Fishbowl Discussion," scheduled for the afternoon of Monday, March 19, 2007 . He will also co-facilitate the workshop on Prisoner Reentry and Domestic Violence, scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday, March 20, 2007.
Warren Edwards is currently a Community Activist in the Twin Cities area. After surviving a lifestyle of selling drugs, abusing women both physically and mentally, and having served time in prison, an elderly gentleman told him that he deserved a better lifestyle that what he was giving himself. Mr. Edwards decided that night to turn his life around. He also wanted to share this lifestyle change with other men who were on the same destructive path. He began this by becoming a volunteer at the Community Action Center and spoke with men about fatherhood and stepping up to the plate and developing good relationships with their children regardless of the relationship they may have with their mothers. Mr. Edwards has worked for African American Family Services where he counseled men in domestic violence; a project organizer at Family and Children Services for "100 Men Take A Stand" and recently founded "Feeding the Least to Increase the Peace", an organization that relies on financial contributions from businesses, churches, etc., to provide financial assistance to the elderly during winter months to help cover their expenses; and assisting young students with scholarships to go to school who otherwise couldn't afford it. Mr. Edwards is also currently working as a counselor at My Home Inc. in St. Paul , MN (a batterers' intervention program) and is attending Metro State University , St. Paul , MN to acquire a B.S. in Community Violence Prevention. |
