Wes Jackson Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Lead a multi-disciplinary team of creators, creatives, educators, curators, producers, programmers, and executives at the storied forty- three year old organization. Programs include Contemporary Art, Performing Arts, as well as Adult & Youth Media Education, Jazzfest, the BRIC Lab Incubator, BRIC Poetry Slam, and the acclaimed BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect Park. BRIC manages Brooklyn's public access TV stations (Brooklyn Free Speech TV) and its own outlet BRIC TV. From its home/HQ, aka BRIC House, BRIC educates the next generation of makers and artists while maintaining three world-class venues.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

The Brooklyn Crescents Lacrosse Club is a fully volunteer run, 501(C) (3) non profit organization. The Brooklyn Crescents Lacrosse Club is the leading youth lacrosse organization in NYC. Our club teaches boys and girls grades PreK-8 the fundamental/advanced skills and values of lacrosse (e.g., commitment, teamwork, integrity, passion, community pride). We build young men and women of character through lacrosse.Our program’s foundation is built on beginner clinics for the spectrum of our age groups. These clinics feed the different competitive team levels that play other lacrosse organizations throughout the Tri-State area. Over 150 lacrosse players have graduated our program, since our beginning in 2006. Our graduates play at local high schools, a number of boarding schools and several are playing in college. The Crescents’ coaching staff is experienced and professionally trained, focused on developing the best in all players.The Crescents practice at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. brooklyncrescents.com

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

After the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) combined with The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) to form The Center For Brooklyn History (CBH) I was elected as the sole representative of the BHS Board to sit on the BPL Board to support the CBH as well as the mission and initiatives of BPL.Also serve as the Chair of the Center for Brooklyn History Sub Committee on the BPL Board.

Boston, Ma, Us

As Director of the Business Creative Enterprises Program (BCE), the Global degree in partnership with ICMS in Sydney, Australia, and the Graduate Program Director for the newly launched graduate degree, I oversee this one of a kind program in the School of Communications that focuses on teaching business for the creative economy. The BCE is a business program for the content creators, innovators, and future leaders of our industry. Not just balance sheets and accounting but also aesthetics, collaborative work, and 10,000 feet analyses. As Executive In Residence, I will also teach classes in the BCE and work directly with the students. Emerson College is the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts.

Travel to college campuses around the country delivering lectures on HIP-HOP'S IMPACT ON THE NEWEST GENERATIONIn a sense, Hip-Hop took center stage and became the zeitgeist of a generation after Afrika Bambaataa introduced "Planet Rock" to mainstream culture in the late 1980s. During the new millennium, bigger artists went from producing hits to representing trends to becoming brands in- of-themselves. Magnified by the use of social media, the reinvented Hip-Hop artist can be the impetus the newest generation needs to affect positive social change. The question is, will they? OBJECTIVES:Participate in a multimedia presentation that includes images, video and commentary over a historically relevant soundtrack.Gain a deeper appreciation of the foundation of Hip-Hop music and culture.Connect important social and technological milestones to the evolution of the genre through personal and text book examples.Learn how Hip-Hop as a social movement can empower individual and professionaldevelopment.Understand how the progression of Hip-Hop can be related to the larger progression of American culture and politicsLECTURES:"Hip-Hop 101""Women in Hip-Hop""The Business of Hip-Hop""Politics & Hip-Hop"Select list of past engagements:California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, CAIthaca College – Ithaca, NYRider University - Lawrenceville, NJShaw University, Raleigh, NCKingsborough Community College - Brooklyn, NYMacCormick Secure Center – Juvenile detention Facility, Brooktondale, NYKeuka Community College – Keuka Park, NYTompkins Cortland Community College – Cortland, NYCayuga Community College – Auburn, NYOnondaga Community College – Syracuse, NYHerkimer County Community College– Herkimer, NYSpartanburg Community College – Spartanburg, SCAkron University – Akron, OHWofford College – Spartanburg, SC-------------For bookings contact HipHopAdvocacyGroup@gmail.com

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Founded in 1863, Brooklyn Historical Society is a nationally recognized urban history center dedicated to preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn's extraordinary 400-year history. Located in Brooklyn Heights and housed in a magnificent landmark building designed by George Post and opened in 1881, today's BHS is a cultural hub for civic dialogue, thoughtful engagement, and community outreach. Served as Secretary on the Executive Committee.

Brookyn, Ny, Us

Established in 2005, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is New York City’s largest Hip-Hop cultural event that showcases the positive aspects of Hip-Hop culture by highlighting Hip-Hop’s legacy as an agent of artistic progression, community building, and social change.In addition to musical performances, the Festival offers a number of activities for its audience, including: panel discussions, exhibitions, parties, film screenings, and master classes. The Festival is more than a concert or outdoor fair. It is a family reunion for lovers of this great culture.In our 15 years, the Festival has achieved a number of memorable milestones with an impressive roster of Hip-Hop acts including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Q-Tip, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Busta Rhymes, J. Cole, Ghostface Killah, Big Daddy Kane, KRS ONE, dead prez, De La Soul, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Slick Rick, Lupe Fiasco and more.We have also hosted political, business and intellectual leaders such as former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Civil Rights Activist Deray McKesson, Linda Sarsour, Congresswoman Yvette Clark, NYC Attorney General Letitia James, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Laurie Cumbo & Public Adcoxate Jumanee Williams, Fab 5 Freddy, fashion designer April Walker, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Nelson George, filmmaker Charlie Ahearn, photographer Joe Conzo, writer Kalefa Sanneh, publisher Johnny Temple and more.As Executive Director I manage all aspects of the Festival. I focus primarily on business development, marketing, talent and creative. I work closely with our VP to oversee finance, production, and compliance.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

The engine behind The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, The Hip-Hop Institute, "Told It First Hand", The Dummy Clap Film Festival, The Swift Chancellor Report and more. We are proud to have created one of NYC and Hip-Hop's longest running cultural events, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, 13 Years and counting...We want to spread that knowledge and expertise and see more successful events, empower more artists, and help more entrepreneurs avoid pitfalls. We are here to put our years of experience to work for you and your project. Talk to us about:✦Event Production ✦Compliance ✦Consulting ✦Marketing ✦Promotion ✦PR ✦Content Creation ✦Design/Creative

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Brooklyn Bodega is a multimedia content production and branding company. Our brand extends into event production, journalism and critical media analysis, digital and grassroots marketing, radio, video, and content distribution. While The Bodega is best known for producing New York City's largest Hip-Hop event, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival; our expertise also manifests in The Bodega Agency, a boutique marketing and branding operation; Brooklyn Beats, a pop-up store at Dekalb Markets run in collaboration with Fat Beats; and Hip-Hop content platforms BrooklynBodega.com, Brooklyn Bodega Radio and Bodega TV.The Bodega is made up of an extraordinary group of cultural programmers, marketing professionals, writers, designers and academics who have heeded their own personal call to action and have dedicated themselves to the celebration and preservation of Hip-Hop culture.

Seven Heads Entertainment, consisting of 7H Recordings, Uncle Junior Records, and 7H Management, was a full-service creative enterprise including a record label and artist management company. We specialized in progressive Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Soul.

Teach business classes at York College, part of the CUNY system. Use experience starting my own businesses to help with the development of eager students.Curriculum focuses on personal career development and entrepreneurship.

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Founder and President - oversee all day to day operations from business development to finance and operations.

Ran Promotions department and day to day operations. Although the position and company was short lived we were influential in the explosion of late 90's indie Hip-Hop scene that produced Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Definitive Jux, Slum Village, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5 and many others

Started as College Promotions manager and rose to position of GM. Supervised promotions, retail marketing, and A&R departments.

B.A., English

Ma, Media Studies

Education record

Education record

Executive Leadership Development Laboratory, Executive Leadership