Mary D. Williams, one of the four people arrested for taking over the June 15 Wake County school board meeting, has received an award from the YWCA of the Greater Triangle.
In this case, the award is for Williams' artistic skills and not her political activism. Williams was inducted Wednesday into the 2010 Class of the Academy of Women honorary society for the arts and entertainment category.
The YWCA has been an active supporter and organizer for groups that support the old diversity policy.
Williams is an adjunct professor of Documentary Studies at Duke University, a case manager for Wake County Human Services and a gospel singer. She's also a parent of a Wake student.
As for her arrest on trespassing charges, there's been no resolution yet.
Attorneys for the more than 30 people who've been arrested for disrupting school board meetings this year have asked that their cases be consolidated into one case.
