Jamila Brown is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is also an experienced communications professional, digital strategist, and social entrepreneur who specializes in domestic and international advocacy campaigns. As the Communications Director at SumOfUs, Jamila crafts the global communications strategy to build the organizational profile and amplify its campaigns. Working closely with the entire staff, Jamila builds a robust communications plan that engages members and reaches new target audiences such as journalists, politicians, and corporate executives.
Jamila’s passion for non-profit communications began in Guatemala while serving as a human rights accompanier for indigenous witnesses of the genocide case against former Efraín Ríos Montt. For the past ten years, she has worked at the intersection of human rights, communications, and digital advocacy. Her efforts have spanned the globe, reaching from the United States to Honduras to South Africa. She is a Center for American Progress Leadership Institute alumna, a former Echoing Green semi-finalist for her consultancy HUE, and a graduate of the New Organizing Institute's Digital Bootcamp.
