
FANM SAJ INC NEWS/MEDIA
Miami organization ‘Fanm Saj’ provides wellness space for women
Ruth Jeannoel is a Haitian woman to know during this Women’s History Month. Inspired by the movement for Black lives, she founded Fanm Saj to provide a wellness space for women. The term Fanm Saj, which means both “midwife” and “wise women” in Kreyol, speaks to the group’s goal of birthing healthy communities

Beyond Self-Care and Wellness Retreats: What Healing Justice Requires
One place-based example is Fanm Saj, which offers critical mediation support that restores movement relationships and trust. This is critical to resolving movement conflicts that might otherwise lead to security breaches or corrosive infighting.
Miami Foundation takes on racial equity
"One of the hardest lessons that I had to learn was taking time for me and oh my gosh, what a roller coaster. As a mother, wife, community organizer and quite frankly an adult, I had to learn to balance “self-care” and the reality of needing to work in order to pay all the bills. Yup. Adulting is a real thing."

Humble beginnings With Ruth Jeannoel and Fanm Saj Inc
Where Dreams Come From features brief conversations hosted by professor and documentary filmmaker Sanjeev Chatterjee. These intimate conversations, with diverse individuals, attempt to track the origins and evolution of following a dream in life. In this episode, Sanjeev interviews the founder and director of Fanm Saj Inc, a grass-root healing based community program inspired to bring back ancestral healing and wellness to all.

The Second Responders: How Restorative HR Makes Workplaces More Inclusive And Equitable
"We applied a strategy learned from Black organizers like Ruth Jeannoel from Fanm Saj, Inc., trained by from Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity (BOLD), and set Conditions for Satisfaction as a prerequisite for continuing our work with the organization, including a restorative HR process with the person who was terminated."

MamaHood and Community Healing: A Q&A w/ Ruth Jeannoel
Much of what I learned about care came from Black mamas who modeled what it looked like to love and care for self and others. Usually, I would have private conversations with Black mamas who shared their wisdom and experiences with me. We often ate a meal together and created sacred ritual. It is in this tradition that I interviewed Ruth Jeannoel about community and self-healing, MamaHood and the Sacred Ori Deck that she created as a way for us all to move closer to healing and joy.





