About Us
The National Black Cultural Information Trust (NBCI Trust) is a non-profit organization that uses cultural communications, media, education, and storytelling to share information and resources that uplift the collective freedom of Black communities. NBCI Trust also works to minimize cultural misinformation within Black communities through educational programs, workshops, and reports. Through our Protect Black History initiative, NBCI Trust provides books and other cultural resources to communities impacted by laws preventing the teaching of Black history in public schools. Our Disinformation Info Guide for Black Social Media Users helped to warn Black communities of online targeting during the 2020 elections. Our work on narrative building for reparative justice has helped to shape local and national initiatives. Additionally, we provide guidance to national leaders concerning critical cultural issues impacting Black communities.
The National Black Cultural Information Trust, Inc. equips Black communities with trusted resources drawn from our own history and cultural heritage — countering erasure, combating disinformation, and building the knowledge base our communities need to thrive.
Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor
Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor is a reparationist and cultural communications specialist based in the Washington, DC area. Aiwuyor is the founder of the National Black Cultural Information Trust. She is a descendant of enslaved Africans and maroons in Georgia and South Carolina. In her past role as the Associate Director of Communications at the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Aiwuyor spearheaded strategic communications for federal housing discrimination lawsuits against Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Facebook Inc. She also led communications efforts in NFHA’s federal lawsuit against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) concerning the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. Additionally, Aiwuyor led communications for state lawsuits concerning race, color, familial status, and source of income housing discrimination.
J.A.M. Aiwuyor has a bachelor’s degree in African World Studies from Fort Valley State University. She has a Master of Arts in Pan African Studies from the African American Studies Department of Syracuse University and a Master of Science in Public Relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, also at Syracuse University.
In addition to her work with national organizations and firms, J.A.M. Aiwuyor serves as the Communications Chair for the Pan African Congress, North American Delegation. She’s also a member of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America and a member of the Case For Reparations Advisory Committee, an initiative of Liberated Capital’s Decolonizing Wealth Fund.
As an author and cultural storyteller, her 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 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.
Our Priorities
- Naming and challenging cultural misinformation, disinformation, and false narratives that harm Black communities
- Providing resources, tools, and educational content that build cultural clarity and counter erasure
- Amplifying truth-telling scholars, writers, and activists whose work strengthens our collective knowledge
- Engaging communities through articles, videos, social media, webinars, and participatory media
- Showing up — digitally and in-person — wherever our people are
- Working in coalition with activists, scholars, and independent journalists to protect and advance our cultural heritage
- Taking direct action through community partnerships and collaborative organizing
- Providing mutual aid and tangible resources where they are needed most
- Advocating for Pan Africanism and the collective advancement of people of African descent nationally and internationally
NBCI Trust Board
Harper Glenn
Literary Author
Dr. Tiffany D. Pogue
Educator, Scholar, Consultant, Cultural Critic
Dr. Kevin Cokley
Scholar, Professor, & Psychologist
Aya Fubara Eneli, Esq.
Author, Attorney, Speaker, & Columnist