"She had nothing to fall back on; not maleness, not whiteness, not ladyhood. not anything. And out of the profound desolation of her reality she may well have invented herself." -- Toni Morrison
Jamia Wilson is a feminist media activist, organizer, and storyteller. Jamia is currently the TED Prize Storyteller at TED Conferences (www.tedprize.org) where she executes editorial and communications strategy for the $1 million dollar TED Prize. Prior to joining the TED team, Jamia served as Vice President of Programs at the Women’s Media Center where she amplified women’s voices to change the conversation in the media. She trained women and girls to be more media-ready and media-savvy, exposed sexism in the media, and direced the WMC’s social media strategy.
Before joining the Women’s Media Center team, Jamia worked for Young People for the American Way, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Federation of America where she managed their youth outreach program Vox: Voices for Planned Parenthood.
After working with coalition partners and campus organizations to help bring thousands of students to the historic March for Women’s Lives, Jamia was honored as one of the “Real Hot 100” by the Younger Women’s Taskforce. After growing up as an expatriate in Saudi Arabia, Jamia Wilson graduated from American University in 2002. Jamia received her M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought at NYU, where she focused on research and writing inspired by critical race theory.
Jamia serves on the leadership committee for SPARK Movement: Challenging the Sexualization of Girls and is on the board of directors of Feminist.com, REVEAL: The Next Generation of Feminine Spirituality, and the Youth Leadership Council for Women of Spirit and Faith. Her words and works have been featured in GOOD Magazine, CBS News, Alternet, GRIT TV, In These Times, Forbes.com, The Washington Post, CSPAN, NBC’s Today Show, Fox.com, and more. She is a contributor to Women of Spirit and Faith’s 2011 anthology Women, Spirituality, and Transformative Leadership: Where Grace Meets Power, I Believe Anita Hill (Feminist Press), and Madonna and Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop (2012).
