Colette Lima, Racial Justice Organizer

Colette received her MSW in Macro Social Work from Boston University in 2019. She holds a wealth of experience as a restorative justice coach and trainer and also as a teacher and an administrator: Colette worked at Suffolk University in restorative justice coaching and also in several school districts and organizations in Massachusetts, including Boston and Lawrence Public Schools. She specializes in using Circle processes as a way to support students, teachers, and families in addressing racial trauma and healing. Outside of her work, Colette is an avid reader and writer and enjoys hiking and collecting vinyl records.

Alyssa Rosemartin, Racial Justice Organizer
Alyssa's professional focus has been on building a collaborative effort to understand the impact of climate change on seasonal cycles in plants and animals. She holds a BA in Spanish and Environmental Sciences from Smith College and a Master's in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Arizona. Over many years she has collaborated to decolonize climate science by building relationships and centering Indigenous knowledges. Among the skills she developed in that work are: building community and energy around shared goals, and cultivating authentic relationships.

Julieth Cabral

Julieth immigrated from Colombia in 2019 after facing violent threats due to her outspoken political leadership.  After facing painful hardships as a new immigrant, Julieth seeks to organize to create justice for immigrant communities and ensure that others do not have to face some of the challenges she went through.  To that end, before coming to ECCO, Julieth founded Colombians for life, which provides resources and community to Colombian immigrants to MA.  Julieth is also an accomplished visual and performance artist, and we look forward to benefiting from her creativity here at ECCO.  Over the coming months, she looks forward to meeting ECCO immigrant leaders and their allies!

Rabbi Margie Klein-Ronkin, Executive Director
In addition to serving ECCO, Rabbi Margie is the founder of Kavod Boston, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial community led by young Jews, committed to each other and to building a liberated world for all people. A graduate of Yale, Rabbi Margie is co-editor of Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice. She has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the LA Times, CNN, and Newsweek for her faith-based social justice work, and was invited to the White House for her leadership.

Rev. Bernadette Hickman-Maynard, Deputy Director
Rev. Bernadette is from Los Angeles, CA and traveled to the Boston area to attend Harvard University. She has nearly 20 years experience working with people of all ages across race, ethnicity, and faith divides to provide educational and cultural services, build community and advocate for social justice. She is also serves as the Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Lynn.

Oscar Guana, MDiv, Operations Manager
Oscar hails from Bogota, Colombia, where he worked organizing rural faith communities for peace and justice, especially in areas under violent conflict. After receiving his MDiv from BU School of Theology on the Global and Community Engagement Track, Oscar worked for ECCO as a canvass coordinator amidst our 2022 election work, where he deeply impressed ECCO staff with his passion for justice, attention to detail, and ability to connect with people from many backgrounds.

Allen Lipson

Allen will be ordained as a rabbi at Hebrew College (my alma mater) in May.  After getting his start working in corporate finance, Allen has worked extensively in grassroots organizing and fundraising, having previously served at our sibling organizations Faith in New York and Brockton Interfaith Community, as well as at the UNITE -HERE union.  Allen is a published author, and has written extensively about Judaism and economic justice.  Allen will be working to coordinate our house parties and individual donor work, as well as to streamline and support our grant fundraising process.  Allen looks forward to meeting you in the coming months.  And, if you think you might be interested in supporting ECCO to raise the critical resources we need to win on campaigns and build Beloved Community, please contact him at allen@eccoation.org!

Dr. Alexandra Piñeros-Shields, Consultant and former Executive Director
Alexandra has worked in the field of immigration services and advocacy for the past 30 years with numerous organizations. Her advocacy and organizing has centered around building cross-racial cross-national immigrant solidarity and political power and developing popular education spaces for immigrants to empower themselves and their communities. She received her Ph.D. in Social Policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University, where she now teaches.