Lisa VeneKlasen , JASS Executive Director and co-founder . For over 25 years, Lisa VeneKlasen has been an advocate with and advisor to a variety of women’s rights and social justice efforts worldwide. In the early 1980s, fresh from student activism, Lisa's involvement in political organizing introduced her to progressive community-based leaders and movements across the US and led her to Nicaragua where she worked with the Sandinista government's renowned adult literacy program. justassociates.org
