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Jamilah is a native of New Haven, Connecticut, a graduate of Yale University, and a life-long champion for children and education. As Executive Director of FaithActs for Education, Jamilah has changed the conversation about public education in Connecticut. FaithActs is a faith-based education advocacy organization in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven, that builds relationships, leaders and power through community organizing and civic engagement of thousands of congregants across 100 predominantly Black churches.
Under Jamilah’s leadership, FaithActs works to secure critical wins for children in its mission of improving education opportunities for Black, Brown and low-income students so that they can graduate from college, take care of their family, and fulfill their God-given potential. She is also a member of Education Leaders of Color.
FaithActs’ success is rooted in Jamilah’s background in community organizing and ability to affect large-scale change at the state level. Prior to beginning her role at FaithActs in 2014, Jamilah worked as the Director of Community Engagement at ConnCAN, a statewide advocacy organization. During her time at ConnCAN, Jamilah began a robust Clergy organizing initiative that garnered major wins for Connecticut’s education reform movement and an important bond with Pastor William McCullough that would lead to the creation of FaithActs for Education.
Jamilah lives in New Haven with her husband and daughter.
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