Marya Axner, Parent Educator & Activist
Marya Axner was has spent the past 30 years as an activist working against oppression of all kinds and also working as parent educator. She speaks and leads workshops on the topic of anti-Semitism and racism, at social justices organizations, worker organizations, and religious institutions. She currently is active in Fix the Grid, a network of organizations trying to make the governance of our electric grid in New England more democratic and more responsive to climate change issues. She has been the Director of a parents program in the Somerville Public Schools, supporting parents to be involved in their children’s education. More recently, she was the Director of the New England Jewish Labor Committee, where she organized the Jewish Community to stand up with workers for their rights.
Marya Axner has taught listening skills through Re-evaluation Counseling for many years. Axner has also been active in Sustaining All Life (SAL) and United to End Racism (UER) both projects of Re-valuation Counseling. She leads Family Workshops for Sustaining all Life (SAL) whose mission is to end human caused destruction of the environment and end the exploitation and oppression of people most affected by climate change. She leads workshops on how to use listening tools to empower people in the Climate Change movement.