She is a volunteer for Bay Area for Bernie http://bayareaforbernie.com/ on whose website an earlier version of this article first appeared. A life long peace and justice activist, she currently serves on her synagogue's social action committee. Previously she was involved with Occupy Oakland, served as vice president of the Alameda Food Bank board of directors and was a regional coordinator for the Beyond War Movement. During the 1980's she founded and led an organization for parents called "Raising Children a New Way in a Violent World" and won a national "People Speaking" award for her child advocacy.