Hi, I’m Alana.
I am an Israeli-American peace advocate, communication expert, storyteller and media voice.
My journey into advocacy started the hard way — through the urgency of personal crisis on a global stage. When six of my family members were taken hostage on October 7th I became a public voice overnight on one of the most polarizing and high-stakes geopolitical and humanitarian crises of all time.
Whether talking on national news, writing op-eds, giving speeches, meeting with politicians or building a social media community I found that in order to get people to care about what you care about it takes radical courage paired with equally radical tenderness.
Now I show people how to be more heartstrong over headstrong in order to make positive social and political change. I encourage people across political and generational lines to confront complexity, challenge assumptions, communicate courageously, and turn their feelings and ideas into opportunities to actually be heard.
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Advocacy from the heart.
more about meAs an Israeli-American with Yemenite and Ashkenazi roots, I grew up across two homes and two cultures that shaped my complex identity and expansive worldview. But I could never have imagined how critical that identity and perspective would one day become. With an expertise in communications and rhetoric and a 15-year career in digital media I was equipped with useful tools, but ultimately it was my emotional sensibilities — my ability to feel deeply, articulate vulnerability and the courage to ask others to care about what I care about – that most helped me advocate for the safe return of the people I love. That became my most powerful asset.
The work and projects I focus on answer contemporary challenges with heart-centered solutions and ideas that place high value on courageous communication, personal experience, and relationship building as essential tools to influence positive social and political change.
I am also the Executive Director of the Narrow Bridge Project, a radical program that encourages Jewish people to stand together on the narrow bridge that represents our often differing fears.