Jane Ralph (They/Them) is a queer person committed to a world where everyone has a safe affordable place to call home, especially those who have faced housing discrimination. Creative inspiration: “Are you willing to use the power you have in the services of what you say you believe?” Audre Lorde Community Engagement/Activist work: Engaged personally and professionally in antiracism work as a white person, especially as it pertains to growing anti-blackness and women living on the margins of the margins. Membership/Affiliations: BRIDGE Race Taskforce, Trainer with A Call to Men, part owner of the Green Bay Packers (a very small part), Rural Recovery and Massachusetts Non Profit Network board member
Awards/proudest achievements: “Living Legacy Honoree” and “Voice and Leadership for White Women Aspiring Allies” from The Women of Color Network, “Impact Award” Women of the Berkshires, “The Berkshire 25” Berkshire Magazine. Final word: “The ache for home lives in all of us” Maya Angelou Connect: www.constructberkshires.org