About Us

My legal name is Damie Jackson.

I practice as summer amani.

summer amani—meaning growth and peace—is my preferred practice name and reflects an evolution rooted in lived experience, healing, and liberation. This naming honors my journey through trauma, recovery, leadership, and return, and represents a commitment to practicing with authenticity, humility, and care.

My work is grounded in:

Evidence-based practices designed by and for people with lived/living experience

Trauma-informed and healing-centered approaches

Implementation science at the personal, community, and systems levels

I believe our greatest strength lives in togetherness—in community, mutual support, and collective responsibility. Rooted & Resourced is an invitation to return to those strengths and to build structures of care that can truly hold us.