About Jamia
Jamia Wilson is an American writer, commentator, and feminist activist who earned her MA in Humanities and Social Thought from NYU's Graduate School of Arts & Science. Born in the Southern U.S. and raised as an expat in Saudi Arabia, she graduated from American University with a BA in Communications in 2002 before coming to NYU. She is currently Vice President & Executive Editor at Random House. Before that, she served as Director and Publisher of the Feminist Press at CUNY — the youngest director in the Press's history and the first woman of color to lead the organization. Earlier in her career she was Executive Director of Women, Action, and the Media, President of Programs at The Women's Media Center, Executive Director of Youth Tech Health, and a staff writer at Rookie magazine. A TED Prize Storyteller and member of the Move to End Violence social change movement, Wilson was named one of the "17 Faces of the Future of Feminism" by Refinery29 in 2013. She is the author of four books: Roadmap for Revolutionaries, Young Gifted and Black, Together We Rise (the official story of the Women's March), and Step Into Your Power. Since 2023 she has been a mentor with Feminists in the City.
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