Grassroots International

Shannon Duncan Bodwell is the Individual Giving and e-Advocacy Coordinator at Grassroots International. At Grassroots International, Shannon combines her love for writing with her passion for justice and technical expertise by coordinating the direct mail, social networking and online advocacy...

Malkah B. Feldman works as the Associate Director of Strategic Philanthropy. Her fundraising expertise is grounded in the belief that shared values and vision are the most successful ways to build and fund the essential work for global justice. Her long-term belief...

Jovanna Garcia Soto is the Program Coordinator for Latin America. Prior to joining Grassroots’ Program team, Jovanna spent five years at the Chelsea Collaborative, where she directed their environmental justice program. Jovanna is trilingual in Spanish (her mother tongue), Portuguese,...

Claire Gilbert is the Program Coordinator for Haiti and the Middle East. Claire’s connection to international issues goes back to her work as a labor organizer. She worked closely with immigrant workers for many years, and as she got to...

Chung-Wha Hong is the Executive Director of Grassroots International.  As a global justice advocacy and grantmaking organization, Grassroots International connects progressive donors in the US, to high-impact social movements in the Global South. For over 25 years, Chung-Wha has worked...

Jonathan Leaning is the Institutional Giving and Communications Coordinator at Grassroots International. He has more than 25 years of experience working with social movements in Latin America, USA, and Canada, including with American Friends Service Committee, Haymarket People’s Fund, Oxfam...

Sara Mersha has been Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy at Grassroots International since 2010. She works to build and maintain long-term relationships with partner organizations and social movements led by peasants, indigenous peoples, women, and youth in the Global South....

Opal Mita, Administrative Coordinator, has worked in the progressive, non-profit field for over 15 years, providing administrative and human resources support to organizations such as UNITE/HERE!, The Institute on Urban Health Research and The Guidance Center. She holds a BA in...

Orson Moon is the Director of Administration and Finance at Grassroots International. He has worked with nonprofit organizations for more than 25 years. He began in outreach, organizing, and fundraising, and has spent the past 20 years managing administration and financial...

Mina Remy is a part-time Program Coordinator for West Africa at Grassroots International focusing on work in West Africa. She previously served as the Program Coordinator for the Middle East and  Haiti before taking a leave to spend more time...

Carol is the Director of Development and Communications at Grassroots International. When she started out as an ACORN community organizer in the 1980s, Carol meant to raise hell, not money. Over time, helping movements fund and sustain their work became...

Lydia Simas, Program Assistant at Grassroots International, has been involved in social justice and community building work since she was a teenager. Before joining Grassroots she worked in organizing retreats and community-building events, teaching English to speakers of other languages,...