As Manager of the Thursday Island Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Justice Corporation, Amos oversees justice initiatives across 12 communities — work that is fundamentally grounded in the principle that culturally appropriate, community-led solutions produce stronger, more lasting outcomes than systems imposed from outside. That principle is one Maiso Meriam Mir holds equally in its approach to language reclamation. 

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Amos understands, from direct experience, that language, culture, and justice are inseparable. The erosion of Meriam Mir and other Torres Strait languages is not only a cultural loss — it compounds intergenerational disadvantage, weakens community cohesion, and diminishes the self-determination that underpins genuine justice. His work in dispute resolution, victim support, legal education, youth development, and rehabilitation across Zenadh Kes communities gives him a clear view of how language strength and cultural identity directly improve social outcomes — the same outcomes that Closing the Gap Target 16 seeks to measure and the Language Centre is designed to advance. 

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As a Justice of the Peace, accredited mediator, and passionate advocate for Indigenous rights and self-determination, Amos brings to the Maiso Meriam Mir consortium critical relationships across government bodies, community leaders, and regional stakeholders. His deep networks across 12 Torres Strait communities strengthen the Language Centre's capacity to reach dispersed Meriam speakers and community members — on Mer Island, Thursday Island, Cairns, and beyond — ensuring that language revitalisation is delivered as a genuinely community-led, rights-based program across the full breadth of the Meriam Nation.