http://jessemuhammad.blogs.finalcall.com/
Born and raised in Houston, Jesse Muhammad, affectionately known as Brother Jesse, is a journalist, award-winning blogger, experienced community organizer, news analyst, social media strategist and touring international motivational speaker. A Renaissance brother.
He has served as a Staff Writer for The Final Call Newspaper since 2005. The Final Call
is the most widely circulated and only remaining independent national
Black weekly in the United States. You can read many of his stories and
interviews at: www.finalcall.com.
He is a member of the Nation of Islam under the leadership of the
Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. He is a product of Forest Brook
Senior High School (Houston) and Prairie View A&M University.
(Prairie View, TX)
He developed a passion for blogging in 2007 and launched Brother Jesse Blog. Surprisingly, he walked away with three honors from the 2009 Black Weblog Awards (BWA)for this blog including Blog of the Year, Best Personal Blog and Best Microblog.
He was honored to be a finalist in their 2010 and 2011 awards voting in
the categories of Best Faith Blog, Best News/Political Blog and Best
Microblog. In 2012, he was BWA semifinalist in the category of Best
Personal Blog. In 2013, he was a BWA finalist in the categories of Best
Personal Blog and Best Microblog. In 2014, he won in the categories of
Best Twitter Feed and Best Instagram Feed.
From 2010 – 2012 he was a guest blogger for the Houston Chronicle’s religious site Houston Belief [dot] com (http://blogs.chron.com/brotherjesse/) that was also a finalist for Best Faith Blog by BWA. He has also been a Celebrity Guest Blogger for Global Grind [dot] com (GlobalGrind.com).
Brother Jesse has become a highly sought-after motivational speaker. He
regularly speaks to students on all levels including colleges and
universities. He has been a featured speaker at commencements,
conferences, conventions, workshops, panel discussions and more.
In 2010, he completed a 20-plus city national and international speaking adventure as part of the Community & Resistance Tour. The
rigorous schedule kicked off with 19 consecutive days of speaking
alongside journalist and tour organizer Jordan Flaherty and Victoria
Law, an advocate for the plight of incarcerated women. From
early September to mid-October they spoke in cities such as Brooklyn,
South Hadley, Chicago, Syracuse, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Amherst,
Asheville, Atlanta, Columbus and Pittsburgh. They even crossed the
Canadian border to address audiences in Montreal and Toronto.
In May 2011, he was selected as one of the Top 40 Under 40 people in Houston by the Houston Business Journal. (Read) In June 2012, he won top honors in Media/Journalism category of the Inaugural Black Man Can Awards. (Read)
