- Posted November 13, 2025
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Richard Cormen Vanessa Williams is excited about her empowering new anthem, “Stand for Change,” featuring other theater favorites Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Wendell Pierce and more.
Williams tells ABC Audio the song was written for her Black Theatre United organization, which launched in June 2020, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police.
“We wanted to know what we could do,” she says. “Is it a police reform, is it advocacy? What can we do? So we created Black Theatre United and we’ve had some amazing opportunities and events that we’ve created and sponsored.”
The singer said “Stand for Change” was written by Dave Schroeder and Philip Edward Galdston, who co-wrote two of her biggest