Mrs. Dawn L. Walker
General Coordinator of YAMS, Women's Home and Overseas Missionary Society
 "I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work." St. John 9:4. This is the scripture that Dawn L. Walker has tried to embrace throughout the years. Whether as an educator, engineer, missionary or Christian Education worker, my desire has been to do God’s will.
Dawn L. Walker is a native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Earnest L. Walker. After graduating from high school, she continued her education at North Carolina A&T State University from which she earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree, specializing in Manufacturing.
She is an active member and the First Lady of St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church. Mrs. Walker serves as the local Director of Christian Education, the Chicago District Coordinator of the Young Adult Missionary Society and the General Coordinator of the Young Adult Missionary Society for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. She is also active both in the ecumenical church and community with affiliations in the following: the Minister’s Spouses and Widows(ers) Fellowship, World Federation of Methodist Women, Church Women United, National Council of Negro Women, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
She is married to the Reverend George W. C. Walker, Jr. and the proud mother of four children, George III, Deziree', Daniel and Deleah. While balancing motherhood and her career, she is continuing her education, pursuing a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Concordia University in Chicago, Illinois.
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