Jean Athey ke setho sa World Beyond WarKomiti ea Bohokahanyi. Hape ke mohokahanyi oa Peace Action Montgomery (MD) le setho sa komiti e tsamaisang le Maryland United for Peace and Justice, e hlophisitsoeng ho theha mokhatlo oa naha ka bophara oa Peace Action Maryland. E ne e kile ea e-ba molula-setulo oa Komiti ea Tsamaiso ea Tšehetsa Sechaba sa Rona, E seng Pentagon (www.OurFunds.org), mokhatlo oa Maryland o entsoeng ka mekhatlo e fetang 60 eo sepheo sa eona e neng e le ho theha lebatooa le matla la bokhetho bakeng sa phetoho linthong tse tlang pele sechabeng sa rona, hole le ntoa le sesole le ho lebisa khotsong le toka sechabeng. Jean ke molula-setulo-'moho le eena oa Boto ea mokhatlo oa naha oa Peace Action.
The Thusa ka Lichelete ho Sechaba sa Rōna Coalition e tšehelitse likopano tsa liholo tsa toropo ho pholletsa le Maryland, e hlophisitse letšolo la ho thibela khefu e khethehileng ea lekhetho bakeng sa Lockheed Martin, a laola ketsahalo ea lipolotiki ea Pull the Pork, mme a tšehetsa leeto la libese ho MD le bitsoang "Prosperity Not Austerity." Letšolo lena le boetse le lekile, le sa atlehe, ho fetisa bili lekhotleng la ketsamolao la mmuso le reretsoeng ho bonts'a hore mesebetsi ha ea lokela ho itšetleha ka tšebeliso ea sesole.
Ka April, 2011, Jean o ile a ea Afghanistan ka morero oa khotso a sebelisana le Women for Afghan Women. Ka Mphalane 2008, o ile a ithaopa le Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Solidarity Movement Palestina bakeng sa kotulo ea mohloaare le lehaeng la Jerusalema la lelapa le neng le sokeloa ka ho lelekoa. Ka 2006, o ile a theha Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture, mokhatlo oa lihlopha tsa bolumeli tse sebetsang ho felisa tlhokofatso e tšehelitsoeng ke US le ho jara ba nkileng karolo tlhokofatsong.
Jean o sebelitse ho Federal Health Resources and Services Administration; o rutoa Univesithing ea Oklahoma; mme a sebeletsa ho Peace Corps Tunisia. O ile a fumana Ph.D. ka maano le tsamaiso ea litšebeletso tsa sechaba ho tsoa Univesithing ea Chicago.
