11/28/2021
Your support has enabled us to hire our first Action Corps coordinator, Neda Saleh, a Yemeni-American college student and peace activist. Neda was born in Yemen and immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area where she started her advocacy work volunteering for the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, a Yemeni-run nonprofit organization that provides direct aid to Yemenis in need. As Action Corps' coordinator, Neda is supporting organizers around the United States, leading our social media, and coordinating coalition work.
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In her time with the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Neda began advocating for the end to war in and on Yemen. She began an Instagram page with some friends called where she simplified news articles on Yemen to an Instagrammable format to raise awareness.
Soon after creating , Neda connected with Action Corps and the Stop the Blockade Coalition that Action Corps leads. The coalition includes 15 U.S. organizations calling for an end to U.S. participation in the war. At an Action Corps California meet-up, Neda brought friends and family, and planned a rally outside of Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)’s office. Two weeks later, they brought out 20 allies and constituents to his Santa Clara office to call for the reintroduction of a War Powers Resolution for Yemen. That same day, the group secured a meeting with the congressman to discuss their request.
A few weeks later, Neda planned an event outside the office of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, bringing together over 70 allies, and collecting dozens of signed letters to different representatives across the Bay Area demanding an introduction of a War Powers Resolution for Yemen. That action sparked local interest in Yemen, and soon after, Neda and the group planned a vigil in San Francisco marking the day 40 children were killed by a Saudi bombing of a school bus. Over 100 people attended and mourned the lives lost.
Since then, as one of Action Corps' first staff members, Neda is supporting organizers in their advocacy efforts, helping inspire people to organize locally in solidarity with people facing the 3 C's of Climate crisis, COVID, and Conflict around the world. She looks forward to connecting with you!
Your generous support has allowed us to hire Neda. In honor of National Day of Giving, please support our continued work in solidarity with the people of Yemen, Burma, and people everywhere dealing with the climate crisis and COVID.
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