My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Wes Jackson

Wes Jackson has been giving back to the community in admirable ways. He has over 25 years of experience as a leader, entrepreneur, innovator, creative, and executive in entertainment and academia. He’s currently president at BRIC Arts, located in Brooklyn, NY, and has been in this position since July 2022.

Wes has been leading BRIC, a pioneering, multi-disciplinary arts and media institution anchored in downtown Brooklyn with programs that include the free, summer-long BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival, whose 44th season is currently underway; the New York Emmy Award-winning BRIC TV, whose programming includes acclaimed original scripted series, a live daily show, and hyper-local news stories and documentaries; Brooklyn Free Speech TV, a leading public access TV network; a major contemporary art exhibition program; BRIC JazzFest, which brings global legends and emerging artists in jazz to Brooklyn each October; the weekly Stoop Series of free public conversations at BRIC House with artists, authors and filmmakers; family programs; and more. BRIC’s nationally recognized school-based arts and media education program reaches thousands of NYC public school students each year.

Wes’ history in the arts is very rich and we will go into detail during the conversation.

If you’ve ever been to the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, then you have already experienced the work of Jackson’s. The event ran for 15 years with the mission to create a world-class event to honor Hip-Hop music and culture and the borough of Brooklyn. He’s had many luminaries of hip-hop culture such as Ralph McDaniels, Jay-Z, Kanye West, NYS Attorney General Letitia James, Deray McKesson, Kendrick Lamar, Fab 5 Freddy, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Q-Tip, just to name a few.

Jackson is also a Trustee of the Brooklyn Public Library and Board Chair of the Brooklyn Crescents.

But, the most important aspect is that I have had the pleasure of knowing this man since childhood and I don’t have a bad word to say about him (At least as I’m writing this, can’t promise what will come out in the discussion! lol)

Wes proves, once again that My Friends Are Better Than Yours!

My Friends Are Better Than Yours Featuring Wes Jackson