Mariam Zaineb Gafforio has been an activist and organizer since 2002, facilitating and working with diverse grassroots and professional organizations. She uses the principles of Non-Violent Communication, Convergent Facilitation, Restorative Circles, and other tools to help groups face conflict, make collaborative decisions, and build adaptable systems based on their values. She also leads workshops for activists that aim to support resilient movements through co-creating intentional culture and infrastructure for engaging with conflict. In 2016, she co-founded Your Allied Rapid Response to provide a 24/7 bi-lingual network of support to people targeted for repression in the aftermath of the Trump election (www.yarr-sc.org)