Welcome
I’m a woman of many names … Alison Avigayil Carmel Ramer—and many callings as an activist, artist, mystic, coach, ritualist, friend.
My work is rooted in tikkun olam—repairing the world—and includes art, spiritual activism, coaching and consulting.
I am the descendent of Anglican, Catholic, Jewish and Quaker mystics, missionaries and mercenaries.
I was born on Munsee Lenape land (New York City), grew up on Duwamish territory (Seattle), studied Politics and Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College on Nonotuck land (South Hadley).
I spent 15 years living and working in the Levant (Palestine & Israel) before returning to Turtle Island (North America) and Ohlone land (Bay Area) in 2023.
Over the past 25+ years, I’ve worked with a wide range of individuals, organizations and institutions across human rights, indigenous rights, mental health, technology, and environmental justice.
Today my work centers on grief — personal, communal, and political — as the threshold through which real transformation becomes possible.
I offer coaching, facilitation, and ritual to people who care deeply about the world and need support carrying what that caring costs.
I write about spiritual practice and political grief in my newsletter Hodaya: A Journal of Grief &Gratitude, and I speak worldwide on spiritual activism and the inner life of changemakers.
You can see a version of my CV and download it here.
If you’d like to know more about my personal story, please proceed.
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Meta / Facebook
International Committee of the Red Cross
UN Women
UNICEF
UNDP
Jewish Voice for Peace
7amleh – Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
Seen (Strategic Lead, Augmented Reality & Mobile Video Startup)
Oxfam
CARE International
World Vision
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Indigenous Action Summit, Interfaith Forum and several faith based organizations
RightsCon, UN Internet Governance Forum, UN Human Rights Council
Palestine Digital Activism Forum, Stockholm Internet Forum
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Research, Assessments and Reports
European Legal Support Center (2023). “Suppressing Palestinian Rights Advocacy through the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism – Violating the Rights to Freedom of Expression and Assembly in the European Union and the UK”.
International Red Cross (2023). Advocacy for Early Childhood Development in Lebanon and Jordan.
UN Women. (2022). Gender Profile in the occupied Palestinian territories.
War Child UK. (2022). Youth Civil Society in Iraq.
Meta. (2022). Human Rights Assessment.
7amleh. (2021). “Mapping Digital Rights in the Middle East and North Africa.”
7amleh. (2020, September). “Digital Safety of Children in East Jerusalem.”
7amleh. (2018, 2019, 2020). “Hashtag Palestine - Digital Rights Situational Analysis.”
7amleh. (2020, February). “Access Denied - E-Commerce and Palestinians.”
7amleh. (2020, March). “Are YouTube’s Policies Biased Against Palestinians?”
7amleh. (2019, October). “Silenced Networks: The Chilling Effect Amongst Palestinian Youth.”
7amleh. (2018, December). “Palestine and Paypal.”
7amleh. (2018, December). “Connection Interrupted: Israel’s Control of Palestine’s ICT Infrastructure.”
Policy Papers
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Eden Farm Collective. (2025). “Shavuot - Jewish & Chumash.”
KOL: Retreat for Jewish Diasporic Music. (2025). “Jewish Music to Transform Grief into Gratitude.”
The Union of the Eagle, Condor, Quetzal and Humming Bird. (2025). “The Jewish role in the peace movement” at indigenous gathering of 30 tribes.
MANNA - Passover Festival. (2025). “Grief and Gratitude in Challenging Times.”
Unitarian Universalist Church. (2024). “Palestine, Israel & Peacebuilding.”
Northwest Interfaith Forum. (2024). “Peace in times of chaos.”
Dagara Grief Ritual. (2024). “The Pain of these Times -- Palestine & Israel.”
Ubiquity University. (2022). “Personal Journey: From Israel & Palestine.”
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Ramer, A. (2025, June). “To Rise and Resist in the Time of Solstice.”
Ramer, A. (2025, May). “Shavuot and the Spiral of the Covenant.”
Ramer, A. (2025, May). “Lag Ba’Omer and the Plagues of Our Times.”
Ramer, A. (2025, May). “Counting the Omer in the Time of the Anthropocene.”
Ramer, A. (2025, April). “Friendship in the Long Dark.”
Ramer, A. (2025, January). “Bearing Witness in An Era of Erasure.”
Ramer, A. (2024, March). “Facing Painful Patterns During Purim.”
Ramer, A. (2024, August). “Mourning Matters: Ending Cycles of Violence & Tisha B’Av Practices”
Ramer, A. (2024, September). “In the Midst of Horror, Choosing Humanity, Grief & Solidarity”
Ramer, A. (2023, November). Mondoweiss. “Bassem and Ahed are in Israeli Prison because they stand for Palestinian freedom.”
Ramer, A. (2023, October). “Pausing to Be with Our Pain is Political.”
Anthologies
E Madoff, Steven. (2019) Sternberg Press. “What About Activism?”
Artur Żmijewski and Joanna Warsza. (2017). “7th Berlin Biennale: Forget Fear.”
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English (native), Arabic (intermediate), Hebrew (intermediate), Spanish (beginner)
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(2025) Rooting in the Sacred. Thrive Network.
(2024 - 2025) School of Wise Innovation.
(2024 - 2026) Shomeret Shalom. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb.
(2024) Maggid. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb.
(2023 - 2024) Health and Wellness Coaching. Headspace.
(2023) Resilience Training. Lumos Transforms.
(2022 - 2024) Taproot Immersion Program. Ritual Leadership.
(2004 - 2009). Mount Holyoke College, B.A. Politics & Jewish Studies