Jamison Ford
Orator, leader, youth activist
Jamison Ford is a 15-year-old orator, leader, youth activist, and humanitarian from Washington, DC. From an early age, Jamison has always focused her energy on understanding our society, providing a voice for youth (especially those that look like her), and making this world a better place. Jamison has participated in policy-making and youth organizing work around school funding, mental health, safety, housing, and other social justice issues through the Black Swan Academy, Dc Girls Coalition, United Leaders for Freedom, and D.C. Public Schools. Through her participation in Black Millennials for Flint, she has done advocacy work through panels, interviews, speeches, writing, and curriculum development, around environmental justice and climate change. In particular, how our environmental changes impact black and brown youth and families.
Outside of her work in social and environmental justice, Jamison is a member of Children’s International Summer Village (CISV), an organization founded on the belief that peace is possible through building friendship and mutual understanding, starting with children. Through this program, Jamison participates in four-member U.S. delegations traveling to the Netherlands (2018) and Greenland (2020). During her time abroad and domestically, Jamison engages children from 15 countries to discuss social issues, cultural differences, and tolerance. Jamison is also an ambassador trainee in the Bringing the Lessons Home program through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Jamison attends McKinley Technology High School and is in the NAF Biotechnology Academy. Jamison hopes to use what she learns in the academy to pursue either a career in environmental law or gynecology/obstetrics. When Jamison is a teenager, she plays soccer and flag football, participates in competitive powerlifting, and enjoys movies, music, and anything relating to a great meal.
