Press

Windy City Times, June 11, 2018 — Youth activists hold press conference on gun violence in Chicago

Peers and I held a gun violence press conference with Parkland students at City Hall. I'm photographed and mentioned.

Coverage of my fight for student rights at King College Prep. I'm quoted in three of these and photographed in the other.

Chicago Reader, July 2, 2018 — When local school councils go rogue, can anything be done?

ABC 7 Chicago, Aug. 23, 2018 — CPS principal under fire for new dress code to prevent sexual assaults

ABC News — School principal sparks outrage linking provocative attire to sex

Block Club Chicago, Dec. 20, 2018 — King College Prep feels like a jail under new principal, students and teachers say — but they face expulsion for protesting

Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 20, 2018 — King College Prep students walk out in third clash with embattled new principal

NBC Chicago, Oct. 18, 2019 — Progress reported on 2nd day of Chicago Teachers Union strike

During the Chicago Teachers Union strike, the union asked me to speak at their rally downtown.

Chicago Reader, Oct. 29, 2019 — Photos: Monday’s anti-Trump protest

On October 28, 2019, I led an anti-Trump rally through the streets of downtown Chicago. I'm photographed at the forefront.

The DePaulia, Oct. 29, 2019 — Thousands protest during Trump’s visit to Chicago

Reporting and photographs from the same protest, as thousands gathered outside Trump Tower and marched through downtown Chicago during Trump's visit. I'm photographed in this article.

I planned the Hyde Park Halloween block party and was interviewed by the Hyde Park Herald about the events. It went from about 12 arrests in 2018 to 3 detained in 2019.

Hyde Park Herald, Oct. 23, 2019 — Organizers set training for Halloween volunteers

“We’ve been working on logistics: What’s going to attract kids, and why are they going to want to come here?” — Jonathan Williams, Hyde Park Herald

Hyde Park Herald, Nov. 1, 2019 — Planning, de-escalation strategies, weather aided more peaceful Halloween night in Hyde Park, organizers say

“You have to look them in the eyes, and you have to tell them that this is unacceptable. Because if they see fear, they’ll keep going.” — Jonathan Williams, Hyde Park Herald

Hyde Park Herald, Nov. 6, 2019 — Organizers credit planning, weather for calm Halloween

The Columbia Chronicle, July 14, 2021 — South Side and West Side organizers host ‘Healing in the Park’ to uplift Chicago’s Black and Brown communities

A free healing event in Washington Park, co-organized by Good Kids Mad City, Chi Resists, Unete La Villita, LVEJO and OCAD. I'm named and quoted as a Good Kids Mad City organizer.

UChicago News, Feb. 13, 2020 — For Nikki Giovanni, finding purpose means ‘you cannot let the world change you’

I performed poetry and opened for Nikki Giovanni alongside other poets at her Kent Lecture at UChicago.

FOX 32 Chicago, June 12, 2020 — We Still Teach: Friday, June 12

I appear at the 21-minute mark.

As BSU co-president, I worked with other affinity-group leaders to protect shared spaces for students of color and oppose a wall dividing the SoCA lounge.

SoCA: protecting student spaces at Pomona

The Student Life, Nov. 11, 2022 — Student affinity groups at Pomona fight for permanent space on campus, reject dividing wall

Coverage of the drive-in itself and the programs it hosted.

Chicago Reader, Sept. 24, 2020 — A Chicago International Film Festival unlike any other

The festival's drive-in screenings during the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 30, 2020 — Music Box Theatre’s holiday sing-a-long shifts to drive-in experience

The Music Box's beloved holiday sing-along moved to the drive-in.

Block Club Chicago, Apr. 12, 2021 — A drive-in movie theater saved Pilsen’s ChiTown Futbol during the pandemic — and it’s sticking around even as soccer facility reopens

How the drive-in kept ChiTown Futbol alive through COVID.

Chicago Tribune, Sept. 16, 2021 — ChiTown Movies in Pilsen is still open, still serving good food, still saving the movie drive-in experience for Chicago as we head into fall

Tribune film critic Michael Phillips on the drive-in heading into its fall season.

Chicago Reader, Mar. 6, 2025 — Best moviegoing experience born out of the pandemic but still thriving

Named in the Reader's Best of Chicago.

South Side Weekly, Sept. 26, 2025 — Best Nostalgia Experience: ChiTown Drive In, Pilsen

Named Best Nostalgia Experience.