Joanne Hodges is a human rights defender and filmmaker most interested in social
justice and human rights issues. She is a board member of Ethiopian Canadians for Peace, on the advisory board of Northern Justice Watch, a member of United Tegaru
Canada, a member of Tigray Advocacy Canada, a co-
founder of Friends of Tigray and a founding member of
the Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities, which
was formed along with representatives of the Tigrayan,
Tibetan, Tamil, Uygher and Rwandan communities.