Telitia Fountain
2024-2025 Obama Foundation USA Leader

Executive Director, The Yellowhammer Fund
Birmingham, Alabama
Telitia “Jenice” Fountain is the executive director of the Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion advocacy and reproductive rights organization serving Alabama and Mississippi. Jenice was chosen to lead the organization in 2022, against the backdrop of legal changes that impacted the organization's ability to provide financial assistance, safe clinic transportation, and support for mothers facing legal barriers to care, while also conducting educational outreach for the community. In addition to her work at the Yellowhammer Fund, Jenice is the founder of Margins: Women Helping Black Women, a local community aid organization that addresses the reproductive, financial, and material needs of low-income Black mothers and their children.
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