Board Member

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Jessica, also known as JAM, is an award-winning writer, activist, and poet. Her writings about race and ethnicity have been published and cited in the Huffington Post, the Business Insider, and LA Progressive. She’s been featured on TV One’s “News One Now” with Roland Martin, “Roundtable with Stephanie Robinson,” on the Tavis Smiley Network, and SiriusXM’s “Make It Plain” with Mark Thompson.

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Her blog OurLegaci.com reached 1.5 million readers worldwide in 2013. Jessica is also the founder of Black Bloggers Connect, the leading social network connecting bloggers and journalists from the Pan African world. She currently resides in Washington, DC.