Emmanuel “Noble” Williams is a leader, activist, and creative with over a decade of Restorative Justice Circle Keeper and facilitation experience across a variety of environments including jails, prisons, universities, public schools, courts, corporate entities, and community settings. He has a special passion for working with youth and in helping men break free from the confines of toxic masculinity. He currently serves as the Transformational Prison Project's Executive Director.

As a proud returning community member, Noble understands that lived experience is often overlooked in academic settings and is a champion of creating more inclusive and accessible educational spaces. He has helped teach courses on restorative justice, transformative justice, and abolition at both Columbia University and Harvard University, and was a recent guest speaker at MIT. In addition to teaching, he is a powerful orator and has spoken on panels for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Transportation (DOT), and the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ). 
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Noble currently serves on the Advisory Board for R&R Head Labs, a barbershop employed entirely by system-impacted community members. He was also recently selected as a 2024 Ambassador with Represent Justice, where he will further explore his passion for producing and storytelling and create a short film. Through his activism, community work, and art, Noble hopes to empower others to remove their masks and embrace authenticity, vulnerability, and healing.