Help Build a Global Community. ---description in progress--- Volition was started by Amberjade Mwekali Taylor and Trey Eaddy and is based out of Charleston, South Carolina. The Project's purpose is to further global communication and understanding, first on a mircro-level, with the intentions of progressing to a macro-level. Volition, as a word, is a cognitive process where an individual decides on & commits to a particular course of action. It's defined as 'purposive striving' & is one of the primary human psychological functions.