Lily Greenberg Call
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Lily Nikole Greenberg Call is an American political activist and former public servant with a background in political science, humanitarian work, and Israel advocacy. She has been involved in various political campaigns, humanitarian efforts, and advocacy initiatives both in the United States and abroad.[1][2] She resigned from her post at the US Department of the Interior, becoming the first Jewish political appointee to do so in protest of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.
Greenberg Call was born and raised in San Diego, California.[3][2] In 2010, she co-founded "Girls Give Back", a leadership group for teenage girls through San Diego's Jewish Family Services, by which she developed an advocacy program to train girls on community impact and legislative processes.[4] In 2014, she received the Peter Chortek Leadership Award from the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego for her efforts in advocacy and leadership.[5]
After graduating from the San Diego Jewish Academy, Greenberg Call pursued higher education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in political science and minored in public policy.[2] During her time at UC Berkeley, she was actively involved in student organizations, such as the Cal Berkeley Democrats.[6] She held leadership roles in the Jewish Student Union and Bears for Israel, and served as a student director at the university's Institute of Governmental Studies.[2] In 2015 and 2018, she received the Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding leadership and community involvement among students at UC Berkeley.[7][8]