LeeAnn O'Neill Receives the Cliff Jones Award

Last year at Reunion 2024, ALF Oregon established the Cliff Jones Award, an annual scholarship for an incoming Fellow, whose work is focused on equity and cross-solidarity movement building. We're thrilled to announce that LeeAnn O'Neill (Class 47) is the 2025 recipient of this award.

Here's a little bit about LeeAnn:

LeeAnn O’Neill (she/they) is a recovering attorney and principal of Allyship in Action, a collaborative of consultants advancing collective liberation in Central Oregon that is people centered, systems based, and grounded in restorative justice. She works individually and collaboratively to provide coaching, facilitation, and consultation services that are rooted in place and enriched by their lived experience to inspire transformative change and belonging in her Central Oregon community. As a queer Korean adoptee growing up and living in deeply divided communities, she is committed to nurturing human connection to support thriving. LeeAnn also serves on the board of the Latino Community Association and co-founded the affinity group Asians and Pacific Islanders of Central Oregon.

With a brain that has too many checklists and is addicted to spreadsheets, LeeAnn is passionate about researching lost local histories, access to justice, language access, and nonprofit governance. They are eternally grateful for the collaboration of their community of movement partners who help her slow down and support radically rethinking her way of doing and being. She can be found most days trying to live a car-free life, riding bikes around town, playing capoeira, weaving baskets, and poking wildflowers.