About Melvin
Melvin Williams Sr.
Melvin Williams Sr. is a Philadelphia author and grief keynote speaker who brings lived experience to conversations about loss, forgiveness, and healing.
Melvin Williams Sr. grew up in Germantown, Philadelphia. When he was two years old, his father, Melvin Mark Langley, was shot and killed. Gun violence went on to take his uncle, his cousins, and friends from his neighborhood, and many of those cases were never solved. For decades he carried that grief in silence.
In 2025 he stood in a Philadelphia courtroom, faced the man who killed his father, and chose forgiveness.
Today he is the founder and CEO of The Philly Made Us Foundation, a 501(c)(3) focused on workforce development, youth mentoring, AI education, and support for justice-impacted individuals; CEO of M&N Communications; Vice Chair of the Whitpain Township Board of Auditors; and the author of There's a Mentor in You and Every Corner Has a Name. He is a husband and father.
Key moments
1983
My father is killed. I am two years old.
2009
Cousins Sharif and Kiheem killed nine days apart.
2018
Cousin Raquan killed.
2024
The phone call that reopened everything.
2025
I face my father's killer in court.
2026
Every Corner Has a Name is published.
Credentials
- Author — Every Corner Has a Name
- Author — There's a Mentor in You
- Founder & CEO — The Philly Made Us Foundation
- CEO — M&N Communications
- Vice Chair — Whitpain Township Board of Auditors