Will Coley
Through Aquifer Media, Will Coley designs social campaigns and digital storytelling that cultivate community and civic participation.
EXPERIENCE:
Will Coley has been an advocate and organizer with immigrants and refugees in Charlotte, New York/Newark, and Los Angeles, as well as in Zimbabwe and Great Britain, for organizations such as
- Catholic Charities (Charlotte)
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- American Friends Service Committee
- Homies Unidos and
- National Immigration Law Center.
Current and recent clients include
- Public Interest Projects
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
- Rights Working Group
EDUCATION:
Will has an undergraduate degree in history and international relations from Wake Forest University, a master’s in public administration from Columbia University and a postgraduate certificate in forced migration studies from the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford.
RECOGNITION:
- Reebok Human Rights Award, 2001
- Center for Community Change: Movement Vision Lab, Breakthrough performance in video contest, 2008
- Detention Watch Network Outstanding Work Award, 1999
- New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, Special Recognition Award, 1999
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