Anastasia P. Williams

Anastasia P. Williams (born 1957) is an American politician who is a Democratic party member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 9th District since 1993. During the 2009-2010 sessions, she served on the House Committee on Municipal Government, and the Joint Committee on Accounts and Claims. She also served as the Chairperson of the House Committee on Labor.[1]

Anastasia P. Williams
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
from the 9th district
Assumed office
1 January 1993
Preceded byPatrick J. Kennedy
Personal details
Born (1957-05-06) May 6, 1957
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceProvidence, Rhode Island
Alma materBishop Keough Regional High School

Legislative Priorities

DCYF reform and work with Nicholas Alahverdian

Rep. Williams is known for her collaboration with lobbyist and Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families reform activist Nicholas Alahverdian. For nearly two decades, Williams and Alahverdian have worked to raise community awareness of the widespread abuse and neglect that children in DCYF care suffer on a daily basis. Among the bills that Williams and Alahverdian have drafted and introduced, the 2011 bill to create an "Emergency Oversight Commission on DCYF" is most notable.[2]

Alahverdian noted in an April 2017 Providence Journal column that Rep. Williams had reintroduced the resolution to create the Special House Oversight Committee on DCYF only for it to be tabled by House Leadership in the prior month.[3]

References
  1. "Representative Anastasia P. Williams". Rhode Island General Assembly. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  2. "House Resolution CREATING THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EMERGENCY OVERSIGHT COMMISSION ON THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES". Rhode Island General Assembly. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. Alahverdian, Nicholas (7 April 2017). "Nicholas Alahverdian: DCYF workers need help to protect children". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 22 November 2019.


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