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Seon Williams Website
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Seon Williams Website
Subject
Community Development, Barbershops
Description
Website of Seon Williams of Champaign-Urbana: Seon was born and raised in the Champaign-Urbana area and graduated from Urbana High School in 1987. Seon not only excelled in athletics but also was a leader in the Junior ROTC program. Seon's personal story is even more impressive because he is one of twenty-two children born to Roline Brumfield.
Growing up in the lower-income neighborhoods of Champaign-Urbana, specifically Beech Street in Urbana, was very challenging for Seon and his family. Seon has lost a total of 10 brothers to either death or incarceration and witnessed several of his comrades go the same way.
Seon's answer to the destruction that he witnessed first hand was to escape to the U.S. Millitary, where he earned an honorable discharge as E-4 Promotable.
Shortly after the millitary stint, Seon worked for a couple of large companies before deciding to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur, which led him to obtain his Cosmetology License from Concept School of Cosmetology in Urbana, Illinois. Following his professional graduation in 1999, Seon and fellow Concept graduate, Monyeil Antonio Turner founded The Whip Hair Design in 1999. A shot three years later, Seon not being one to rest on his laurels founded The Whip Cafe "With A Taste Of Soul" by drawing on his culinary skills perfected in the millitary coupled with his mother's talent and age-old recipes.
As Seon has continued to evolve as not only an entrepreneur but also a community leader, Seon's focus has expanded to include economic outreach for the disenfranchised North End Community and finding solutions to break the vicious cycle of poverty that continues to grip this area.
Growing up in the lower-income neighborhoods of Champaign-Urbana, specifically Beech Street in Urbana, was very challenging for Seon and his family. Seon has lost a total of 10 brothers to either death or incarceration and witnessed several of his comrades go the same way.
Seon's answer to the destruction that he witnessed first hand was to escape to the U.S. Millitary, where he earned an honorable discharge as E-4 Promotable.
Shortly after the millitary stint, Seon worked for a couple of large companies before deciding to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur, which led him to obtain his Cosmetology License from Concept School of Cosmetology in Urbana, Illinois. Following his professional graduation in 1999, Seon and fellow Concept graduate, Monyeil Antonio Turner founded The Whip Hair Design in 1999. A shot three years later, Seon not being one to rest on his laurels founded The Whip Cafe "With A Taste Of Soul" by drawing on his culinary skills perfected in the millitary coupled with his mother's talent and age-old recipes.
As Seon has continued to evolve as not only an entrepreneur but also a community leader, Seon's focus has expanded to include economic outreach for the disenfranchised North End Community and finding solutions to break the vicious cycle of poverty that continues to grip this area.
Creator
Lori Cooper
Date
2010
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Lori Cooper, "Seon Williams Website," in eBlack Champaign-Urbana, Item #390, https://eblackcu.net/portal/items/show/390 (accessed July 3, 2024).
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