Dawn Hilton-Williams

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Co-Founder & CEO Power is Giving

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Join date: May 29, 2019

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Fondly dubbed, The Vegucator, Dawn Hilton Williams is a wellness columnist, author, non profit Leader and whole food, plant-based (WFPB) certified nutrition activist.

Graduate of Virginia State University, Duke University’s non-profit certificate management program and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, Dawn empowers communities with tools that dismantle systemic barriers to optimal health and wellness.

Author of the Flava My Plate book series, Dawn brings over three decades of culinary experience that aligns culturally resonant flavors and WFPB lifestyle nutrition in ways that inspire change.

As co-founder & CEO of Power is Giving and founder of Herban Eats, Dawn administers programs and provides services that address lifestyle driven chronic illnesses disproportionately impacting underserved communities.

Through her Vegucator column in Charlotte’s Pride Magazine, Dawn pairs expert insights with original WFPB recipes to make wellness information accessible in communities that need it most.

Recognized by Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation and endorsed by trailblazing advocates like Miyoko Schinner and Dr. Milton Mills, MD, Dawn’s work transforms lives by replacing cycles of inequity with opportunities for intergenerational wellness.

Posts (4)

Dec 29, 2025 ∙ 4 min

WHOLE FOOD, PLANT-BASED LIVING: ROOTED IN CULTURE & WELLNESS

Eating well isn’t confusing because people lack discipline, motivation or knowledge. It’s confusing because access to nourishing food and credible nutrition education has been deliberately disrupted and deprioritized in certain communities, a reality we know as food apartheid. Whole food, plant-based eating isn’t a trend, and it isn’t a lifestyle reserved for the privileged. It’s a practical, evidence-based approach to nourishment centered on foods grown from the earth, one that has been...

Dec 22, 2025 ∙ 3 min

REFRAMING CULTURAL HOLIDAY FOODWAYS FOR OPTIMAL WELLNESS

From collards, black-eyed peas and lima beans to yams and watermelon, plants that once sustained our ancestors here and, in the motherland, have become longstanding symbols of pride and tradition.

Aug 10, 2025 ∙ 4 min

PHILANTHROPY IS STARVING US

For generations, Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits have been starved by philanthropy. 2% and 4% aren’t ingredients for equity, they’re a recipe for erasure. This Black Philanthropy Month, we’re naming the root cause and calling for an equitable funding shift to rebuild from the ground up.