With nearly 20 years of experience in social justice activism and advocacy, Jamie Lynn Moeller (she/her) has worn many hats and worked on a variety of issues. She has served in executive support, communications, program coordination, research, and community organizing roles in the areas of criminal justice reform, community development, progressive political campaigns, civil liberties, antiracism initiatives, counter-extremism and violence prevention efforts, and workers’ rights.
As a woman living with invisible disability and chronic illness, Jamie has faced numerous challenges in dealing with the medical industrial complex, both as an advocate for herself, and as a caretaker and medical advocate for her late mother. After years of experiencing first-hand and witnessing how women and other marginalized people are often dismissed, gaslit, and discarded, Jamie has also become a fierce advocate for health care reform and access to quality care for all.
As the COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated health disparities and continues to leave ever more people with long-term disabilities, Jamie has become particularly concerned with how institutions and organizations have and are responding to the ongoing pandemic. Jamie is excited to help New Disabled South as they work to build disability justice frameworks, and she looks forward to the day when disability justice is included across sectors, and especially within movements for progressive change.
Jamie grew up on a farm in Southeastern Iowa and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Criminology from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jamie enjoys living in Nashville, Tennessee (where she's been based for over a decade), and the eclectic live music, great food, and mild winters that it offers. In addition to her passion for social justice advocacy, she also loves dogs, spending time by large bodies of water, watching television series and films (particularly documentaries), baking, reading, and a good iced dirty chai.