The Architect of the Birth Justice Framework, Licensed Midwife Jamarah Amani

<p>Jamarah Amani, LM is a community midwife who<br /> believes in the transformative and healing power of<br /> birth and that every baby has a human right to human<br /> milk. Her mission is to do her part to build a<br /> movement for Birth Justice locally, nationally and<br /> globally. Jamarah is the architect of the Birth Justice<br /> framework, the Black Midwives Model of Care and<br /> the Birth Justice Bill of Rights. She identifies as<br /> Black, Femme and Queer.</p> <p>A community organizer from the age of sixteen, Jamarah has worked with several organizations across the United States, the Caribbean and in Africa on various public<br /> health issues, including HIV prevention, infant mortality risk reduction, access to emergency contraception and access to midwifery care. As a birth worker and activist,<br /> Jamarah has been tackling issues of racial justice, including the epidemics of Black maternal and infant morbidity/mortality for over fifteen years. She is currently the Executive Director of Southern Birth Justice Network, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to expand the Birth Justice movement and to make midwifery and doula care<br /> accessible to marginalized communities. She is also the co-founder of National Black Midwives Alliance, the only national professional association in the U.S. specifically for<br /> midwives of African descent, and a founding member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association.<br /> Jamarah is the recipient of the 2019 Trailblazer Award from the City of Miami, which proclaimed a day in her honor- Jamarah Amani Day, celebrated annually on March 14.</p> <p><br /> She has been featured in a variety of media outlets including PBS, NPR, NBC and publications such as Vox, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Miami Times, among others. She has written for several blogs including the Huffington Post and the Birth Justice blog, and is a fellow of Echoing Ida, a collective of Black women and non-binary<br /> writers. In addition to parenting four children and watchi