4.01 The Power of Love
Jamilah Pitts is an author, educator, social entrepreneur, and wellness educator whose work centers the liberation, healing and holistic development of communities of the Global majority. Jamilah has worked and served in various roles and spaces to promote racial justice and healing. Jamilah has served as a teacher, coach, dean, and as an Assistant principal. She has worked in domestic and international educational spaces, including Massachusetts, New York, the Dominican Republic, China and in India.
As the Founder and CEO of Jamilah Pitts Consulting, Jamilah partners with schools, communities, universities and organizations to advance the work of racial, social and intersectional justice through training, coaching, strategic planning and curriculum design. Jamilah is also the Founder of She, Imprints, an organization serving at the intersection of wellness and justice for women and girls of the Global Majority.
Jamilah’s written work has appeared in the Huffington Post, Learning for Justice, and Edweek. She has presented to audiences of thousands of educators both within the United States and internationally. Jamilah threads her passion for human rights and social justice into her teaching, writing, scholarship and other artistic pursuits. She sees education and healing as her life’s work and calling, and truly believes that education should be an avenue through which empathy, healing and justice are promoted.
Jamilah is certified as a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, Omnoire Retreat Facilitator, and is certified as a Trauma - Conscious Yoga guide.
Jamilah is a proud alumna of Spelman College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English. Jamilah also pursued graduate studies at Boston College and Teachers College, Columbia University.
Jamilah’s first book Toward Liberation: Educational Practices Rooted in activism, healing and love will be published November 2023.
Jamilah is an avid traveler, serious foodie and dancer.
In this special episode, we discuss:
The support of stillness and “just being”
Non-linear healing
Changing through the seasons
Dreams
Speaking life into our paths
Choosing work aligned with our soul
Anti-racism and anti-bias work within schools
Truth-telling
Liberation
Loving Blackness
Love as a verb
Our interconnectedness
You can connect with Jamilah on her website or on Instagram @msjamilahpitts.
Purchase Jamilah’s book, Toward Liberation: Educational Practices Rooted in Activism, Healing, and Love.
Podcast music by Charles Kurtz