Thursday Williams holds a voter registration drive outside of The Helen Hayes Theater where she is a member of the cast of “What the Constitution Means to Me.” She held the drive in honor of her 18th birthday, which was May 17. (Photo: “What the Constitution Means to Me”)
Editor’s note: Thursday Williams, a member of the cast of the Tony-nominated Broadway play “What the Constitution Means to Me,” wrote this essay about how the legal education nonprofit Legal Outreach shaped her life. On June 24, Heidi Schreck, the star of the show, and Williams will host a Legal Outreach event, “Diversity, Inclusion and the Constitution,” at the offices of Reed Smith in New York City.
I believe everyone has a purpose in life and can make a difference. But as a young immigrant woman from Jamaica, I struggled to find my purpose. I knew I had a voice but I didn’t know how to use it. I was lost.
