Jean Athey ndi membala wa World Beyond WarKomiti Yogwirizanitsa. Ndiwonso wogwirizira wa Peace Action Montgomery (MD) komanso membala wa komiti yoyang'anira ndi Maryland United for Peace and Justice, yomwe idapangidwa kuti ipange mgwirizano wapadziko lonse wa Peace Action ku Maryland. Iye kale anali wapampando wa Komiti Yoyang'anira Limbikitsani Madera Athu, Osati Pentagon (www.OurFunds.org), mgwirizano wa ku Maryland wopangidwa ndi mabungwe opitilira 60 omwe cholinga chawo chinali kukhazikitsa chigawo cholimba kuti chisinthe zinthu zomwe dziko lathu likufuna, kutali ndi nkhondo ndi zankhondo komanso kutsata mtendere ndi chilungamo. Jean ndi wapampando mnzake wa Board of the national organization Peace Action.
The Thandizani Madera Athu Mgwirizanowu udathandizira misonkhano yamatauni ku Maryland, adakonza kampeni yoletsa misonkho yapadera ya Lockheed Martin, adayendetsa zochitika zandale za Pull the Pork, ndikuthandizira ulendo wa basi ku MD wotchedwa "Prosperity Not Austerity." Kampeniyo idayesanso, koma sizinaphule kanthu, kupereka chikalata ku nyumba yamalamulo ya boma kuti iwonetse kuti ntchito siziyenera kudalira ndalama zankhondo.
Mu April, 2011, Jean anapita ku Afghanistan pa ntchito yamtendere mogwirizana ndi Women for Afghan Women. Mu Okutobala 2008, adadzipereka ndi bungwe la International Solidarity Movement ku Palestine kukakolola azitona komanso kunyumba yaku Yerusalemu ya banja lomwe lidawopseza kuthamangitsidwa. Mu 2006, adayambitsa nawo bungwe la Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture, gulu la magulu achipembedzo omwe akuyesetsa kuthetsa kuzunzika kothandizidwa ndi US ndikuimba mlandu anthu omwe adazunzapo.
Jean wakhala akugwira ntchito ku Federal Health Resources and Services Administration; anaphunzitsidwa ku yunivesite ya Oklahoma; ndipo adatumikira ku Peace Corps ku Tunisia. Iye analandira Ph.D. mu ndondomeko ndi kayendetsedwe ka ntchito za anthu kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Chicago.
