Jamia Wilson

Jamia Wilson, 26, is a progressive activist, NYU grad student, and vintage-loving fashionista. After graduating from American University, Jamia worked for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and PAC. She was honored as one of the "Real Hot 100" for 2006 by the Younger Women's Taskforce. Jamia has also written for Alternet’s Wiretap and Hampshire College’s Civil Liberties and Public Policy Project. She is currently working on a piece for an upcoming anthology about interracial relationships. Most recently, Jamia was selected to serve on the Ms. Foundation Advisory Committee and worked for Young People For. Jamia is currently pursuing an M.A. at NYU and will begin working for NYU’s Residential Education department in July 2007. She hearts the following: Her family, Liz Funk, Zora Neale Hurston, Nina Simone, Frida Kahlo, Nella Larsen, Assata Shakur, Ugly Betty, long walks, climbing trees, tiramisu, All-girls high schools, being an only child, TS Eliot, French New Wave film, sistergirls who rock natural hair, Sufjan Stevens, Afropunk, Bust Magazine, The L Word, political debates, You Tube, Lauryn Hill, progressive empire building through Myspace and Facebook, smelling sweet, green tea, bacon, Tori Amos, Jamba Juice, sporting hot vintage steals and cute DIY digs, Barack Obama, hosting clothing swap parties, fluffy puppies, sweet southern air, the beach, laughing wholeheartedly with her family and friends, making/devouring soulfood, and moving through bellydancing, ballet, pilates, and vinyasa flow. Jamia also really, really likes linking to things.

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