Honoring Gamechangers
Kicking off with a celebration of Black Philanthropy Month and running through GivingTuesday, CFMT is recognizing 21 Nashville Gamechangers—visionary leaders who have made significant contributions to the community. These individuals, ranging from nonprofit leaders to business executives, have demonstrated unparalleled creativity, courage, and commitment to enhancing the well-being of Nashville’s Black community.
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Archie Davis, II is Co-founder and CEO of Water Walkers. He served as Program Director for two years, coordinating all programming and volunteers. As a nonprofit and education executive, he has excelled at creating programs and curriculums for communities, schools, and organizations to help make the community and world a better place one person at a time. Archie has managed millions of dollars in assets, resources and services with companies such as National Renal Alliance, Pencil Foundation & United Way’s Family Resource Center, Metro Nashville Public Schools, WebMD, HealthSpring and Irving Material Inc Concrete. He has organized community outreach events in Nashville for over 20 years. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University earning a Bachelors of Science degree in Community & Public Health in just two years. He holds a Tennessee Wildlife & Nature Certification, Tennessee Boating License and a Bronze Certification from Urban Green Lab for Sustainability. He is also a recent Alumni of The Wondry’s Climate Innovation Accelerator Cohort at Vanderbilt University.
Because people change people I would like to answer by saying: Me and the others that are honored here today. We represent a few of those factors because of what we understand. We understand that we are passionate about the people we serve and we know the severity of the need for the resources we bring to people’s lives. We understand that we must start young and remove the stigma of “you’re a child you don’t need to be worried about money” or “make your own money for you and don’t worry about no one else.” We understand that Blacks been brilliant, strong and able to handle a multitude of complexities and excel. Therefore, we understand that we must lift as we climb to help to those along the way. We understand that if we are Kings and Queens then “heavy is the head that wears the crown”. We understand that we must continue to look to the future through vision and make it our mission to help Blacks in all facets of health. Financial health, Social health, Spiritual health, Environmental health, Mental health, Political health and Physical health, just to name a few.
