Rabbi Alissa Wise

Rabbi Alissa Wise is a community organizer, ritual leader, and organizational steward with over two decades of movement-building experience. She has served as a chaplain at Planned Parenthood, the Education Director at Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), and co-authored the “Facing the Nakba” curriculum, among other educational resources. She was a staff leader…

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Jeff Ordower

Jeff Ordower has 25 years of organizing experience and has worked in community, labor, climate justice, and racial justice organizing. Ordower’s organizing roots are both in queer work and in many roles with ACORN. Ordower has been a longtime participant with both social movements and organizations, and was part of the core of Occupy Homes, provided…

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Garik Ruiz

Garik Ruiz is the former North America Liaison for the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society. Garik has worked with local and national partners throughout North America to support BDS campaigns and be a direct link for local organizers back to the BNC leadership in Palestine. Garik spent six months…

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Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.

Ayesha Khan, Ph.D., is a Clinical Microbiologist, Infectious Diseases scientist, grassroots organizer, writer, artist and abolitionist educator bridging science and medicine with social justice and geopolitics. Dr. Khan served on the steering committees of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (2020-2022) and National Students for Justice in Palestine (2015-2020). She also served as a lead organizer with…

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