Caity Southall

Corporate Secretary

Caity Southall, is a co-founder and the corporate secretary for Women With Vision, Inc. Ms. Southall is certified in ethical human research through 2027 through the University of Tennessee’s (UTK) CITI training and has received a separate certification from UTK in motivational interviewing. Other certifications include Community Health Work through the CHASM community benefits organization (CBO) and a separate certification from Meharry Medical College in the same field. She is working towards an additional certification in community health work from Vanderbilt University.

Ms. Southall is a born native to Knoxville, Tennessee and has spent her entire life living within this community and advocating for racial justice and human rights. She is an active community advocate through her role as a steering committee member since 2022 with Knoxville Water and Energy for All, a Knoxville- based advocacy group seeking to make utility services affordable to all and combat energy insecurity.

Other advocacy projects and organizations that she has served as a contributing member of include CBOs such as Sleeves4Needs, Black Coffee Justice, SEEED Knox, Grow Partnership Tennessee (formerly Alliance House Community Coalition), and Pellissippi State Community College, as well as independent organizing efforts to address topics such as community health in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and for racial justice/against police brutality.

Her extensive background in community engagement and advocacy spans from 2020 to present day, creating an overwhelming involvement in community-focused initiatives, with intentions to continue to expand these efforts through her organization.