Adalberto Rios is AFSC's Program Director for Roots for Peace.

Crystal Gonzalez serves as Program Coordinator of AFSC’s Roots for Peace program in Los Angeles and has been on staff with AFSC since 2010.  With AFSC she has overseen the successful development of two urban farming projects, a food equity campaign, and the development of annual Freedom Schools that support youth organizing.

Minerva Mendoza is an indigenous Mixteca from the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. When she was seven years old, her family migrated to California in search of better opportunities and settled in Madera. She earned a degree in psychology from Fresno State in 2013. 

Myrna Martinez Nateras is a popular educator, participatory researcher, and cultural organizing practitioner who has dedicated her experience to fostering the Central Valley’s immigrants into active citizens and social actors. She advocates and organizes for immigrants and indigenous rights, with a focus on strengthening women’s leadership. 

Lida Shepherd is the director of AFSC’s West Virginia Economic Justice Project (WVEJ), a community organizing and advocacy program. Lida’s work advances policy solutions to issues affecting poor and working families in West Virginia, and includes popular education trainings, policy advocacy, and coalition building. Lida also serves on the boards of WV Center on Budget and Policy, Mountain State Justice, and the Greenbrier County Health Alliance. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and lives with her family in Lewisburg, WV.

Timothy Franzen is the Atlanta Economic Justice Program Director.

Foluke Nunn has worked for the AFSC Atlanta Economic Justice Program since December 2017. In her role as a Community Organizer, Foluke works with tenants and partner organizations to launch campaigns for housing justice.