Jason Harris, founder and facilitator of the BlkRobot Project, spent 20 years working as an IT professional, and the past 17 years building a visionary practice as a writer, futurist and artist in Baltimore City, fearlessly diving into a diverse range of projects.  He currently teaches technology at Booker T Washington Middle School for the Arts.

In 2003, he co-founded the Baltimore based study group of the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, a cultural arts group that teaches and propagates the martial art Capoeira Angola. 

Jason is a writer whose work has appeared in Black Enterprise magazine, Catalyst Literary journal, BmoreArt.com and various online publications. He self-published the speculative fiction anthology entitled, “Redlines: Baltimore 2028′′ in 2012, and is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow.

For five years, Jason served as the director of creative services for the Living Well Center in Baltimore, where he curated and managed projects centered around community arts, diaspora arts, and alternative education projects.

Jason collaborated with The MotherShip squad, which mounted the critically acclaimed anchor project at Artscape 2016 entitled, “The MotherShip Connection”.  He has taught or facilitated at Goucher College, University of Baltimore and the University of the Bahamas. 

Wesley is spearheading the BRP's institutional development, creating relationships with tech companies and exploring funding opportunities for the project.  

He has worked with the United Nations and numerous global non-governmental organizations, creating opportunities to build bridges between nations and cultures of the world. His work remains consistently innovative, motivated by the need for greater cultural understanding and cooperation in the world.

Since 1994, Wesley has been traveling to and working in cultural and academic circles in Brazil. He remains committed to the ideas and philosophy that surround global citizenry and education, a path that began for him as a Merrill scholar and Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and he recognizes the profound possibilities for transformation that cultural exchange provides.

Wesley did his doctoral studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, his M.A. at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS — Bologna & Washington, D.C.) and his B.A. at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.