Jamaa Wisdom
Blog posts that inform, inspire, and challenge from the team at Jamaa Birth Village.
2025: The Jamaa Birth Village Cultural Heritage Center
In 2025, Jamaa Birth Village celebrates 10-years of service to the St. Louis Community and State of Missouri. In honor of a decade of visionary, groundbreaking and transformative Black Maternal...
2024: 1st Black Maternal Health Summit
March 2024 marked the successful completion of the STL 360 Doula Initiative by training a total of 363 doulas, receiving St. Louis the prestigious designation as a Safer Childbirth City....
2023: Doula-Friendly Hospital Initiative
2023 marked 2-triumphant years of the 3-year Merck for Mothers funded, Safer Childbirth Cities, STL 360 Doula Initiative-led by Jamaa Birth Village and Okunsola M. Amadou. During this time Jamaa...
STL 360 Doula Initiative
2020 was off to a great start. Our clinic was thriving, Doulas were getting the respect they deserved, and our vision had come around full circle. We were overjoyed! As...
2022: Jamaa Celebrates 7 Years-Birth Center & Postpartum Retreat Haven Launch
Welcome to 2022! If you've been following along with us, in all of our accomplishments and legacies, you'll see why we're so excited to celebrate 7-years! From standing on the...
October 2021: Midwife Okunsola Day & Community Midwife Month
On Tuesday October 26th, 2022, the Saint Louis County Council awarded Midwife Okunsola, naming every October 26th as Midwife Tru (Okunsola) day and every month of October-Community Midwife Month, due...
2020: Our Grand Opening-Missouri’s First Black Led Midwifery Clinic
On June 19th, 2020, Jamaa Birth Village, opened its doors to our new home, fully furnished, completely renovated and ready to serve and provide care to families across the St....
2019: Missouri’s 1st Black CPM
If you haven't noticed, visions and manifestation are a theme with us at Jamaa Birth Village. In April of 2019, I successfully completed my Midwifery education at the Midwives College...
