Based in New York City, Amadoma Bediako is a storyteller and a Doula trainer.
She trains Doulas to work with families before, during and just after childbirth, in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville neighborhoods that have a high rate of premature births, low birth weight and infant mortality.
She is also the owner of "Eye Addom Childbirth Services", an organization that supports families as they bring new life into the world.
Eye Addom means "It is grace" or "By the grace of God".
As an Okomfo, Amadoma Bediako has studied and practiced some of the sacred birthing traditions of the Akan people of West Africa. She is now helping to birth the children of some of the sons and daughters of the mothers she helped thirty years ago.
The Face of America is a non-profit interview series created by Pierre Gervois, an NYC Documentary Film Producer, Painter, and Adjunct Professor at New York University.
This series features interviews of social justice activists, philanthropists, elected officials, artists, and amazing individuals who work to make the world a better place. Also broadcasted on Brooklyn Free Speech TV on 4th Tuesdays 8am & 10pm (Replay Thursdays same week & time)
With our guests, we explored the fault lines of U.S. politics, from #civilrights to #womensrights, and from #gunviolence to #lgbtq issues. We want to thank all and every one of our guests: they truly are #thefaceofamerica
