{"id":2607,"date":"2019-06-17T07:15:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.us.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_organizer&#038;p=2607"},"modified":"2019-06-17T07:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:16:38","slug":"hajj-flemings","status":"publish","type":"wcb_organizer","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/organizer\/hajj-flemings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj Flemings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2011, Hajj Flemings was one of eight entrepreneurs selected for the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/49293655\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> CNN\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black in America 4: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> documentary with Soledad O\u2019Brien.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the filming of that documentary, he came to understand the real meaning of the term \u2018meritocracy\u2019 and recognized that lack of access in the technology space was creating a permanent underclass in communities of color. That experience literally changed the course of his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hajj is founder of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brandcamp.design\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brand Camp University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an educational platform that is preparing people for the future of work. \u00a0In 2017 he launched Rebrand Cities a global civic design partnership with WordPress with the audacious goal to get 10,000 businesses online and eradicate the digital divide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has worked with clients including Walt Disney, Pitney Bowes, Pfizer, the Detroit Lions, and the U.S. Department of Defense, been an invited speaker at Iowa State University, University of Michigan\u2014Ross School of Business, Davidson College, University of Detroit, and others, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Mashable and CNN Tech Money on the subjects of startups, digital technology and branding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hajjflemings\">@HajjFlemings<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Birmingham, MI<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2011, Hajj Flemings was one of eight entrepreneurs selected for the CNN\u2019s Black in America 4: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley documentary with Soledad O\u2019Brien. During the filming of that documentary, he came to understand the real meaning of the term \u2018meritocracy\u2019 and recognized that lack of access in the technology space was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"hajjflemings","footnotes":""},"organizer_team":[1274768],"class_list":["post-2607","wcb_organizer","type-wcb_organizer","status-publish","hentry","wcb_organizer_team-communications-public-relations"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa0Brk-G3","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/611679aca4ea94d7fdd0d7698ab20896417f70684bec7ad581d3aae9e4c3a45c?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/611679aca4ea94d7fdd0d7698ab20896417f70684bec7ad581d3aae9e4c3a45c?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/611679aca4ea94d7fdd0d7698ab20896417f70684bec7ad581d3aae9e4c3a45c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/611679aca4ea94d7fdd0d7698ab20896417f70684bec7ad581d3aae9e4c3a45c?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/611679aca4ea94d7fdd0d7698ab20896417f70684bec7ad581d3aae9e4c3a45c?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/611679aca4ea94d7fdd0d7698ab20896417f70684bec7ad581d3aae9e4c3a45c?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers\/2607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_organizer"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers\/2607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizers\/2607\/revisions\/2609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_organizer_team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizer_team?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}