"I find it exhilarating to travel around the country and speak to diverse audiences. It is often assumed that young urban men and women are unable to analyze and and are incapable of appreciating satire or conducting intelligent analyses of what they are seeing...I wanted you guys to know that I have been on a speaking tour speaking to Af-Am students at HBCU's and predominantly white universities and THEY GET IT.
I speak on topics of internet activism, hotghettomess.com and my experiences doing "We Got To Do Better" and the students totally get it. They express disbelief at the level of opposition to WGTDB. They understand the motivation behind the website and the show. They get the message and they admitted they learning a lot from the factoids on the show. It is such vindication to hear from their own mouths that our young people are not mindless lambs being led to the slaughter. They dont need everything dumbed down. They are bright, introspective, engaged and just yearning to be challenged by the media."
-- Jam Donaldson
Jam Donaldson is the owner/creator of the hugely popular website hotghettomess.com and Executive Producer and writer of Black Entertainment Television's "We Got To Do Better." She is a lawyer based in Washington, DC.
Her website is one of the top African-American websites in the world boasting over 2,000,000 hits a day. In addition to hotghettomess.com being a force on the internet, it has become a major force in the growing dialogue on race and class. Her show, "We Got To Do Better" on BET consistently reached almost a million viewers.
She single-handedly started hotghettomess.com as a law student at Georgetown and has grown it into one of the most successful African-American internet ventures in the world. She also produced a DVD based on the website entitled "Hotghettomess.com: The DVD" which was a finalist in the Hollywood Black Film Festival in 2006.
She is in high demand by the media doing interviews with CNN, Hollywood Reporter, Newsweek, Associated Press, The Roland Martin Show, Joe Madison, NPR's Roland Park Project and countless other television, radio and internet interviews.
As a speaker she has addressed the Television Critics Association and spoken at numerous universities including Virginia Tech, Howard University, and Texas Southern University. She has also appeared as a political pundit on NPR's "Tell Me More with Michelle Martin." She hopes to one day have a radio show of her own.
Availability:
Available as a speaker to students and organizations
Speaking Fee/Honorarium:
Call for a quote.
Media Interviews:
Call for details.
PR Contact:
For all press inquiries and speaking engagements please contact:
M320 Consulting
M. Brandon Frazier
(614) 638-6397
mbfrazier@gmail.com
or
Aprill O. Turner
(646) 244-4917
aprillm320@gmail.com
lwilliamson@hotghettomess.com
www.hotghettomess.com
And The Crowd Goes Wild:
One of Calvin Roberson's first initiatives in his new role as dean of arts is implementing an impressive new program, Ellington Presents. The series brings acclaimed arts professionals as guest lecturers on a monthly basis to share their talents, wisdom, insight, and instruction. The first guest to kick off the series was Jam Donaldson, a BET producer whose controversial show "We Got To Do Better" has earned her a place in recent news headlines. Others slated to appear this semester include acclaimed music producer Chucky Thompson (who has produced cds for artists like Mary J. Blige, Nas, and Biggie Smalls, among others), actor Terry Carter, recording artist Mya, rapper DMC of Run-D.M.C., and a panel of literature, theater, and dance specialists from the National Endowment for the Arts. "There are going to be acclaimed artists in and out of here all the time," says Mr. Roberson, "and programs like this will help boost Ellington to be a premier arts institution. It's tremendously exciting and gratifying to see our efforts coming to fruition."
--
Developing Scholars, Artists, And Engaged Citizens
Duke Ellington School Of The Arts
The Ellington Fund Newsletter
Rhymes
Fall 2007 Issue 20
The Black Student Alliance sponsored Jam Donaldson's lecture at Virginia Tech and we enjoyed how she shared the story of the development of her controversial website www.hotghettomess.com that turned into the BET show We Got to Do Better. Jam's honesty about the positive and negative feedback she received from the website clearly proves that we need to continue conversations about race and culture in America. Personally, I felt enlightened by her speech. Jam gave us a variety of perspectives to help us to analyze our behaviors to better represent ourselves as African Americans to society. On behalf of the Virginia Tech community, Ms. Donaldson's presence was very much appreciated and necessary. Jam Donaldson will forever be recognized with the other speakers that we have brought in the past which include Angela Davis, Dick Gregory, and Talib Kweli among many others.
--
Lauren Davis (Director of Speakers, Black Student Alliance, Virginia Tech)
"It was refreshing to have Jam Donaldson at St. Edward's University. What was presented needed to be said and shown, letting people know there is a problem in the community. I wish that more people would realize the benefits of Jam's methods of exposing the problem, so maybe we can come up with a solution." --
Trina L. Cain
I speak on topics of internet activism, hotghettomess.com and my experiences doing "We Got To Do Better" and the students totally get it. They express disbelief at the level of opposition to WGTDB. They understand the motivation behind the website and the show. They get the message and they admitted they learning a lot from the factoids on the show. It is such vindication to hear from their own mouths that our young people are not mindless lambs being led to the slaughter. They dont need everything dumbed down. They are bright, introspective, engaged and just yearning to be challenged by the media."
-- Jam Donaldson
Jam Donaldson is the owner/creator of the hugely popular website hotghettomess.com and Executive Producer and writer of Black Entertainment Television's "We Got To Do Better." She is a lawyer based in Washington, DC.
Her website is one of the top African-American websites in the world boasting over 2,000,000 hits a day. In addition to hotghettomess.com being a force on the internet, it has become a major force in the growing dialogue on race and class. Her show, "We Got To Do Better" on BET consistently reached almost a million viewers.
She single-handedly started hotghettomess.com as a law student at Georgetown and has grown it into one of the most successful African-American internet ventures in the world. She also produced a DVD based on the website entitled "Hotghettomess.com: The DVD" which was a finalist in the Hollywood Black Film Festival in 2006.
She is in high demand by the media doing interviews with CNN, Hollywood Reporter, Newsweek, Associated Press, The Roland Martin Show, Joe Madison, NPR's Roland Park Project and countless other television, radio and internet interviews.
As a speaker she has addressed the Television Critics Association and spoken at numerous universities including Virginia Tech, Howard University, and Texas Southern University. She has also appeared as a political pundit on NPR's "Tell Me More with Michelle Martin." She hopes to one day have a radio show of her own.
Availability:
Available as a speaker to students and organizations
Speaking Fee/Honorarium:
Call for a quote.
Media Interviews:
Call for details.
PR Contact:
For all press inquiries and speaking engagements please contact:
M320 Consulting
M. Brandon Frazier
(614) 638-6397
mbfrazier@gmail.com
or
Aprill O. Turner
(646) 244-4917
aprillm320@gmail.com
lwilliamson@hotghettomess.com
www.hotghettomess.com
And The Crowd Goes Wild:
Jam Donaldson Speaks At Duke Ellington School For the Performing Arts
One of Calvin Roberson's first initiatives in his new role as dean of arts is implementing an impressive new program, Ellington Presents. The series brings acclaimed arts professionals as guest lecturers on a monthly basis to share their talents, wisdom, insight, and instruction. The first guest to kick off the series was Jam Donaldson, a BET producer whose controversial show "We Got To Do Better" has earned her a place in recent news headlines. Others slated to appear this semester include acclaimed music producer Chucky Thompson (who has produced cds for artists like Mary J. Blige, Nas, and Biggie Smalls, among others), actor Terry Carter, recording artist Mya, rapper DMC of Run-D.M.C., and a panel of literature, theater, and dance specialists from the National Endowment for the Arts. "There are going to be acclaimed artists in and out of here all the time," says Mr. Roberson, "and programs like this will help boost Ellington to be a premier arts institution. It's tremendously exciting and gratifying to see our efforts coming to fruition."
--
Developing Scholars, Artists, And Engaged Citizens
Duke Ellington School Of The Arts
The Ellington Fund Newsletter
Rhymes
Fall 2007 Issue 20
Jam Donaldson At Virginia Tech
The Black Student Alliance sponsored Jam Donaldson's lecture at Virginia Tech and we enjoyed how she shared the story of the development of her controversial website www.hotghettomess.com that turned into the BET show We Got to Do Better. Jam's honesty about the positive and negative feedback she received from the website clearly proves that we need to continue conversations about race and culture in America. Personally, I felt enlightened by her speech. Jam gave us a variety of perspectives to help us to analyze our behaviors to better represent ourselves as African Americans to society. On behalf of the Virginia Tech community, Ms. Donaldson's presence was very much appreciated and necessary. Jam Donaldson will forever be recognized with the other speakers that we have brought in the past which include Angela Davis, Dick Gregory, and Talib Kweli among many others.
--
Lauren Davis (Director of Speakers, Black Student Alliance, Virginia Tech)
Jam At Howard University Boost Mobile "Game Behind the Game" Panel
Jam At Texas Southern University
Jam At St. Edward's University
"It was refreshing to have Jam Donaldson at St. Edward's University. What was presented needed to be said and shown, letting people know there is a problem in the community. I wish that more people would realize the benefits of Jam's methods of exposing the problem, so maybe we can come up with a solution." --
Trina L. Cain
