Jessica Brown

“I get things done.“

    • Name:Jessica Brown  
    • Occupation: professor, artist, designer, and entertainer
    • Contribution/Impact: Jessica Brown is many things, spanning from entertainer, artist, actress, and musician to disrupt the social norm and bring about change and awareness through her work.  
    • Interesting Fact: She was a Project Manager and Toy Designer at Hasbro.
      Awards: Silverman McGovern’s EXTRAordinary People Award, 2016  
jessica brown

Jessica Brown is more than a triple threat. She is an artist, actress, designer, entertainer, musician, and activist. On top of that, she got her BFA in Furniture Design and received in master’s in Industrial design specializing in closed food loops. Currently, she is a Rhode Island School of Design Professor. What does she not know or do? Her activism revolves around gender, race, class, and the environment. Our Wake Up Call is a climate change procession involving her all womxn brass band known as the Clam Jam Brass Band. The goal of the procession was to highlight the effects of climate change on minority communities and encourage people to vote to advocate for the planet. 

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