How JCAN-MA strengthens collaboration with ONLYOFFICE DocSpace

For mission-driven organizations, reliable and secure collaboration tools are essential to keeping their work moving forward. Read how the Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts adopted ONLYOFFICE DocSpace to streamline document workflows and support its ongoing initiatives.

About the Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts

The Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts (JCAN-MA) focuses on action to prevent and mitigate climate change. The organization works with individuals and partner groups in Massachusetts and across the United States to educate, advocate, and mobilize around the climate emergency.

Beyond policy engagement and advocacy, their programming also incorporates spiritual resilience, recognizing that responding to the climate crisis involves not only structural change, but also community strength and reflection.

The challenge: secure collaboration aligned with their values

ONLYOFFICE DocSpace came onto JCAN-MA’s radar through trusted connections within the activist community. As the organization evaluated its digital tools, two concerns became central to the discussion:

• security risks associated with large cloud platforms;
• concerns about large-scale infrastructure projects that may negatively impact the ecosystems hosting them.

Although regulatory compliance requirements were not a determining factor, JCAN-MA wanted a collaboration environment that would allow them to work efficiently while remaining consistent with their broader environmental and ethical priorities.

How JCAN-MA uses ONLYOFFICE DocSpace

Today, JCAN-MA relies on ONLYOFFICE DocSpace as a centralized collaboration space. The team creates new documents directly within the platform, uploads existing materials, and shares access with collaborators to enable structured review and editing in a shared environment.

By organizing documents within a single workspace, contributors can collaborate through controlled access and shared edits rather than managing multiple versions across separate channels.

The results: a consistent digital workspace

This approach has allowed JCAN-MA to support its day-to-day coordination and project work more consistently. Having a centralized, shared workspace has supported continuity across initiatives and allowed the organization to reduce reliance on previous cloud storage solutions.

As Deborah Nam-Krane shares:

I’m grateful that ONLYOFFICE DocSpace has such a robust product that we can use to replace just about all of the essential functions of Google Drive. I look forward to continuing our relationship with them and seeing what else they can come up with!

Supporting climate action with the right tools

While configuring permissions required some initial adjustment, the platform proved manageable and adaptable to the organization’s needs.

With secure sharing, collaborative editing, and structured access in place, JCAN-MA now operates within a consistent digital workspace that supports its advocacy efforts. By reducing time spent managing files and coordination logistics, the organization can focus more fully on educating, mobilizing, and strengthening communities in response to the climate emergency.