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 

Jennie Joseph will be speaking at the Northwest AHEC Conference in North Carolina on October 27th and 28th.

 

"The purpose of this two-day conference is to present best practices, promising new interventions, community engagement models, and policy initiatives to improve equity in healthy birth outcomes through enhancing preconception and interconception health of women."

 

For more information please visit the Northwest AHEC website.

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

ORLANDO ­Her reasons for being tremendously involved with two local benevolent organizations while trying to balance a career and mentor her 19 year­-old daughter are quite simple: intuition and common sense.

It was Fifth Third Bank Orlando Magic Maker Monica May's intuition that led her to become extensively involved with the programs Common Sense Childbirth Inc., and Consider Your Image, a non­-profit organization she founded herself. And it's common sense that drives her today.

"I know there is a simple way to life," explains May. "If there is an opportunity to help put together a road map for young people, I want to be a part of that."

From tampabay.com. In Print: Monday, February 23, 2009.

WINTER GARDEN — This Central Florida office feels more like a home than a maternity ward, with portraits of glowing mothers-to-be proudly displayed on the walls leading to the "suites." The Van Gogh room has a nighttime feel, with a dark blue couch near a star-designed quilted bed and the Starry Night painting hanging above.

And then there is the birthing stool oddly found in the mix, looking more like a misplaced item in a bedroom.

It is the vision of Jennie Joseph, an energetic midwife originally from England who has run this birthing center since 1994.

Her waiting room is filled with expectant parents, but times are still tough for her and many of Florida's approximately 110 midwives.

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.