Jennie Joseph is a British-trained midwife who fights to ensure every person has their healthiest possible pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience with dignity and support.
Jennie created The JJ Way® which is an evidence-based, maternity care model delivering readily-accessible, patient-centred, culturally-congruent care to women in areas that she terms 'materno-toxic zones'.
Jennie is the Founder and President of Commonsense Childbirth which operates a perinatal training division, a clinical division, a national Midwifery school and the National Perinatal Task Force, a grassroots organisation whose mission is the elimination of racial disparities in maternal child health in the United States.
A proud member of The Council of Midwifery Elders, she serves on the Advisory Council for the Congressional Black Maternal Health Caucus, is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, and has been recognized as a TIME Woman of The Year 2022 for her work in promoting perinatal equity.
For more information about Jennie Joseph please visit https://jenniejoseph.com/