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Values Added: Working from Trust, Connectivity and Alignment
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Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
Niaz Dorry is the coordinating director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA). Based in Gloucester, MA, she has began working to advance the rights, economic sustainability and ecological benefits of indigenous and community based fishermen 22 years ago. Time Magazine named Niaz as a Hero For The Planet for fighting against the industrialization, privatization, and corporate takeover of the ocean.
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Ora Grodsky co-founded Just Works Consulting in 2000 to provide organizational development services to social justice organizations. Since then she has guided hundreds of groups through successful processes. She received a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is a graduate and former academic dean of the New England School of Acupuncture. Ora lives in the Boston area with her husband, dog, cat, and (when she is...
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Brett Tolley is a Community Organizer at the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA). He comes from a four-generation Cape Cod commercial fishing family. He has hung fishing nets, worked on various boats, and dug clams to pay for going to Elon University where he studied Social Justice. In Brooklyn, NY he fought for low-income tenants and organized citywide campaigns around health and housing rights. He wrote and produced Dying to Get In, an...
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