Preteen’s aim at ending hunger finds kinship in Oklahoma City

When 12-year-old Joshua Williams hands you a business card, you take it. When Williams tells you he’ll graduate with a double major from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology someday, you tend to believe him.

And when he spoke to a packed auditorium at Independence Charter Middle School on Thursday, the crowd listened.

It’s all because the seventh-grader from Miami, Fla., with the bouncy Afro haircut and infectious smile, has found something many spend an entire lifetime searching for: a purpose in life. Williams shares his universal message with anyone willing to listen.

“World hunger is something that can be fixed,” Williams said. “We all have to unite as one and work together to actually solve this problem. If we each just donated one dollar, that’s enough to help a lot of people and change their lives; to make the world a better place.”