Jamall Bufford
Project Specialist
Jamall Bufford has stepped in as the new Project Specialist coordinating Washtenaw My Brother’s Keeper. As the first county in the nation to sign onto the Obama-era White House initiative, hiring a full-time Project Specialist to rally the community and manage partnerships is a significant step in WMBK’s development. Bufford received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2005 and is no stranger to working with youth in Washtenaw County. Bufford’s background as a hip-hop recording artist led to his passion of working with young people. He spent 5 years working at the Neutral Zone in downtown Ann Arbor as an Emcee Workshop Facilitator and Music Coordinator, and he was most recently employed as a Paraprofessional at Ann Arbor Public School’s Tappan Middle School where he worked with students with emotional impairments. Bufford is also a trained facilitator in restorative practices.
