Jam Donaldson We Got To Do Better Company: HGM, LLC. Location: Washington, DC Website: www.jamdonaldson.com

Biography:
Jam Donaldson is a writer, producer, cultural critic and attorney. She is well-known for creating the popular website Hotghettomess.com and being the Executive Producer of the BET television show "We Got To Do Better" which was based on her website. She has written for the Keyshia Cole "The Way It Is" show on BET and she currently is a writer and Editor-in-Chief for the daily online magazine Blackpower.com. Her blog "Conversate Is Not A Word" was nominated for Best Cultural Blog of the Year.

Before her work on the internet, Jam Donaldson was an attorney for Legal Aid representing low-income residents of Washington, DC in civil matters. She has won two public service awards and was granted the Frederick B. Abramson Fellowship for Public Service in 2005.

Jam Donaldson is a student favorite and has been invited to speak at Stanford, Wooster, Howard University, Winston-Salem University, Virginia tech and numerous others. In her trademark style filled with humor, candor and edgy wit, she speaks on issues of race, hip hop culture and the media.She has also appeared as a political and cultural pundit for NPR's "Tell Me More With Michel Martin," "The Anthony McCarthy Show," and others. She has been interviewed for CNN, BBC, The New York Post, The Washington Post and others. A true media darling, she received Radar Magazine's New Radical Award for 2007. She recently appeared as a commentator on VH-1's "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time."

She is based in DC and travels across the country. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center.

Availability:
Available as a speaker to students and organizations. Also will participate in panel discussions or workshops.