Marilyn GarsonAs a child, Marilyn Garson was wired to notice power and vulnerability. She grew up in Canada, where she studied political science and philosophy, and immigrated to New Zealand in the 1980s. From 1998 - 2015, she worked with excluded communities at the edges of war, establishing locally owned non-profits to create employment for people with disabilities in Cambodia (1998-2001), Afghan women (2005 - 2010), and university graduates in Gaza (2011 - 2015). Marilyn came home to New Zealand in late 2015, determined to tell stories from behind Gaza's blockade walls. She has written two books, Still Lives and Jewish Not Zionist, and speaks nationally and internationally. She co-founded Alternative Jewish Voices and became an original member of Global Jews for Palestine in 2020. Excluded from her synagogue for her Palestine advocacy, Marilyn co-founded Ranu!, New Zealand's independent prayer group for non/anti-Zionist Jews. Marilyn lives in Pōneke/Wellington. Read More Read Less