|
Vincent Williams is employed by Indasa as the Manager of the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP), a migration research and policy development network through which he also runs a project on Migration and Social Cohesion that was established in response to the perception that migration poses a threat to national identity and social cohesion, and that has as one consequence, the creation of a divide between those who "belong" and those who “do not belong'.
Following his active participation in the student protests against 'gutter education' in 1980, Vincent dropped out of school as a matter of principle and started working for an activist youth movement called the Young Christian Students (YCS). It was during this time that he developed an interest and his skills as an Organizational Development Practitioner. He subsequently completed metric and a Bachelors Degree via correspondence and has since been working on a Masters Degree in Public Administration.
As a migration policy specialist. Vincent has participated in several global migration initiatives, including the UN High Level Dialogue in 2006 and the subsequent Global Forums on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Brussels and Manila. He has written and commented extensively on various aspects of international migration and continues to be involved in migration research and policy-making activities, primarily in the Southern African sub-region.
Vincent is also the co-founder and current Chairperson of Africa Unite - an organization that works with young South Africans. asylum seekers, refugees and migrants and that has as its flagship activity, a Human Rights Peer Education Training Program that is aimed at promoting and protecting human rights for all.
In addition to his specialized work in the field of migration research and policy development. Vincent teaches a course on the History and Politics of South Africa to students from the Universities of Connecticut and North-Carolina who participate in an annual Study Abroad program.
|
