Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor
Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor is a cultural communications specialist based in the Washington, DC, area. Aiwuyor is the founder of the National Black Cultural Information Trust, a Pan-African initiative that uses communications, media, and cultural storytelling to share information and resources that correct and challenge cultural misinformation and disinformation surrounding racial/ethnic identity, anti-Blackness, and other false narratives. Their work is centered on embracing collective cultural memories from the Black community and Pan African World as tools for education and solutions.
As an author and cultural storyteller, Aiwuyor’s writings about African American cultural heritage and ethnicity have been published and cited across a wide range of publications including Huffington Post, the Business Insider, MSNBC, LA Progressive, and TV One’s News One Now. She publishes children’s books celebrating Black life and culture with her publishing company, Our Legaci Press.
Additionally, Aiwuyor is a leader and advocate for multicultural digital media. She is the founder of Black Bloggers Connect, the first social network dedicated to supporting Black bloggers around the world, and founder the Blogger Week Un/Conference, a multi-cultural social media networking conference held yearly in Washington, DC. Her TikTok videos correcting misconceptions about Black history have gained hundreds of thousands of likes, e.g. Major Examples of Fake Black History.