Jamila Craig, Esq.

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Jamila Craig, Esq. is a Queer PanAfrican & Black Feminist whose first love is dancing to the beat of sensual rhythms of drum and base. She is a liberation-centered linguist and solidarity economy focused entrepreneur specializing in Black-centric language coaching and multilingual community building across the African Diaspora. She utilizes her varied experience to support capacity building for movement leaders committed to multilingual community & world building.

Her work honors:‍

• her lineage as a Black United Statian raised by parents from Brooklyn, NY and New Haven, CT and the grandchild of Black migrants from the South, and
• extended family ties with Black people from Trinidad and Colombia

Jamila has lived in Germany, Argentina, and South Africa and traveled to more than 20 countries. She speaks Black English, Spanglish, Spanish, Portuguese, French and English at varying levels, and is currently learning Haitian Creole and ASL. She affectionately refers to herself as a child of the diaspora and a citizen of the world.

As the Founder of Jamii Linguists, she leads a transnational network of language workers that spans 4 continents and 10+ countries, centering her value for Black Feminism, decolonization & abolition, as well as solidarity economics. Jamila brings to Jamii, 20 years of experience leading multilingual community development and advocacy initiatives. Her diverse expertise spans roles such as:

• Language justice and interpreter coordinator for multilingual events (virtual, in-person, and hybrid)
• Simultaneous interpreter, translator, multilingual consultant, project director, and grant writer
• Community, political, and labor union organizer
• Attorney
• Workshop facilitator
• K-12 classroom teacher and adult educator
  

Jamila has been a featured speaker at the Sisters Only Language Summit, Women In Language conference, and delivered a TEDx talk titled “Why we ain't gonna get free in one language.”

Her linguistic journey began at Howard University, where she earned a certification in Simultaneous Interpretation, training with United Nations interpreters and completing field training at the UN headquarters in New York City. She also holds a BA in Political Science/Spanish from Howard University, a law degree, and a graduate certificate in international human rights from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Jamila’s advocacy includes serving as a Political Organizer with the Human Rights Campaign, championing marriage equality and employment non-discrimination. She co-authored From Cradle to Career: The Multiple Challenges Facing Immigrant Families in Langley Park Promise Neighborhood and directed the Learning Together program, a $3M U.S. Department of Education-funded initiative fostering teacher-parent engagement in community schools.

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