Jennie Joseph

It was the ninth festival since Tribeca was founded by Robert De Niro and his friends, in an attempt to revitalise downtown Manhattan after the attacks on the World Trade Center.

By Sebastian Doggart (originally published in The Telegraph)

Tribeca has become a major fixture on the calendar of world cinema. And after attending a whirlwind of screenings, round-tables and parties, I can confirm that this year both the Union Jack and the Irish tricolour were flying proudly across its screens.

The comedian and rising British star Omid Djalili was premiering two films. "On the plane home," he told me once he was back in England, "I was sitting next to Andy Serkis [the human behind Gollum and King Kong] whose performance as Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll had earned him plaudits. Andy and I joked that we were like the British Olympic team flyinghome with medals round our necks."

I will be a panelist at the briefing and plan to highlight the dire straights women are finding themselves in due to lack of access to quality maternity care, along with the benefits of the midwifery model of care. Please see attached PDF for more information. Thanks!

Jennie

Dear friends,

Greetings! I am writing to invite you to our Congressional briefing on the right to maternal health on May 6th  from 12-2 in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2226. We are pleased that Representatives John Conyers, Lois Capps and Gwen Moore are planning to be in attendance.

As you know, the United States spends more than any other country on health care, yet ranks 41st in the world when it comes to a woman's risk of dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth. African American women are nearly four times as likely to die, and other communities of color are also disproportionately affected by barriers to maternal health.

Model Christy Turlington has released this powerful film about the sad state of maternal mortality and its effects. The Birth Place is featured as part of the American side of the story and we are thankful for the visionary work of people like Christy who are bringing the plight of pregnant women, worldwide, to the forefront. Thanks too for your support for what we are doing at The Birth Place.

Jennie will be the screening on the 28th April. View event details.

Dear Friends,

We are pleased to announce the world premiere of Christy Turlington Burns' documentary film NO WOMAN, NO CRY at the Tribeca Film Festival this April 2010. Please find the details below, as well as more information on the film. We hope to see you at one of the screenings.

Thanks again for all of your support.

All the best,
Christy, Dallas, and Clancy

Read about No Woman, No Cry on Tribeca Film

USA urged to confront shocking maternal mortality rate

Amnesty International today called on US President Barack Obama to tackle soaring rates of maternal mortality and pregnancy-related complications that particularly affect minorities and those living in poverty 2010-03-12

"This seminal report outlines the dire straights we find ourselves in as far as US maternity care, better than anything else that I have read thus far. I was able to work as a consultant with this team and although I was aware of the substance of the report I am totally blindsided now that I have seen the final version. I welcome your feedback... Thank you".

Jennie Joseph

• Summary of the report "Deadly Delivery"
• Full version of the report "Deadly Delivery"

USA: Amnesty International Calls on President Obama to Establish Office of Maternal Health 

Listen to Obstetricians, Doulas, Neonatologists, Midwives, Psychologists, Pediatricians, and other Physicians explain how our health care system is failing babies and mothers and what we can do about it.

Visit: ReducingInfantMortality.com

Jennie Joseph is a British-trained midwife and has been an Orlando resident since 1989. She always jokes about not doing her research before she left London, just arriving in Florida, assuming that she would step  off the plane and start ‘catching babies’.  Not so – you see unbeknown to Joseph, when she arrived in the late eighties midwifery had all but disappeared and the move was on to encourage hospital births, epidurals and surgical deliveries. Unaccustomed to being the one to rock the boat she quietly went about developing a small home birth practice serving the few families who preferred a natural birth.

Announcing the arrival of Jennie Joseph's New Book: Beautiful! Images of Health, Joy and Vitality in Pregnancy and Birth (See below to order your copy)

"To me all pregnant women are beautiful, but maybe after having spent a lifetime working with them, I am somewhat biased. So why a book about Black pregnant women and babies specifically? Why not? Have you ever seen such a book? Amongst the plethora of "Omigod I'm (She's, We're) Having a Baby" books have you come across any uplifting or encouraging pregnancy photography books? There are many cute baby photo books, brimming with pictures of healthy, happy cherubs which touch and move us all, so much so that you don’t even have to be pregnant to enjoy them.

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