Jesse Williams To Be Honored By Hollywood Radio And Television Society

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society is honoring former Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams.

Williams will be feted with the inaugural HRTS Change Maker Award during a gala event December 14 at the Beverly Hilton, where he will join HRTS Board President, HRTS Foundation Board Member and Head of Drama Series, Amazon Studios, Odetta Watkins for an onstage conversation about his career and activism.  

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The event will be hosted by Matt Friend.

Williams recently appeared in Paramount’s Secret Headquarters with Owen Wilson, Netflix’s Your Place or Mine with Reese Witherspoon, and Season 3 of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with Meryl Streep, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez.

Williams operates multimedia company Visibility, co-founded with artist Glenn Kaino, all while connecting students to more than $100 million in scholarship money via college scholarship app Scholly, where he is both a company partner and ambassador. He is also the youngest to sit on the board of directors for both Advancement Project, a leading national civil rights organization, and Harry Belafonte’s arts and social justice organization Sankofa.org.

“We are honored to see The HRTS Foundation Gala emerge as the annual gathering point for the entertainment community following last year’s HRTS 75th Anniversary Gala, which launched the HRTS Foundation,” said Watkins. “And we are thrilled to honor Jesse Williams, who’s inclusive and justice-centered approach to his career embodies the mission of The HRTS Foundation.”

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