LEAH IDA HARRIS

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THIS IS Our STORY OF CHANGE

"Let.Go" Mural by Rose Jaffe, 2017

I know that the truth liberates.

And that telling your story can help change everything.

For you, and for all of us.

Hi. I’m Leah Harris. I’m a writer & founder of The Story of Change.

I work in support of truth-telling, justice-doing, and liberation.

Individual, and collective.

Personal, and political.

I work 1:1 with you as a truth-telling mentor and provide 1:1 support to changemakers working in organizations and communities.

And I partner with your organizations to facilitate customized workshops and trainings, as well as keynote presentations
for your conferences and gatherings.

Photo: Dese’Rae L. Stage, Live Through This

Photo: Dese’Rae L. Stage, Live Through This

This is our story of change.

Learn about The Story of Change

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My #impeachthemf tee has arrived.🔥🔥🔥 @reprashida @rashidatlaib #rashidatlaib

I cannot tell you how this sweet little cherry tomato plant came to grow in my yard. I didn’t plant it, and still it grows. While I am a notorious plant killer, I’ll try to keep this one alive as best as I can.

Posted @withrepost • @afrolez @truthout published Victoria Law’s interviewed me about the recently published, @lovewithaccountability anthology (published by @akpressdistro). I lifted up both @walidahimarisha’s work and @bettsurevolt contribution, which is the closing chapter in the anthology.

https://truthout.org/articles/how-can-we-end-child-sexual-abuse-without-prisons/

An excerpt: “First and foremost, I am Black, African American. I see Love WITH Accountability as a continuation of my film, NO! The Rape Documentary, which looks at heterosexual rape and violence in Black communities.

Child sexual abuse is an international atrocity, but I really wanted to hone in on the community from which I come from, the diasporic Black community, and look at the cultural nuances and specifics around sexual violence and race from a Black perspective.

We think about the prison-industrial complex. Black people are in there disproportionately; the usual response to sexual violence is “get the perpetrators and lock them up”…. What does accountability look like, particularly in the age of Black Lives Matter? How do we talk about sexual violence while we’re really also so aware of virulent state-sanctioned violence and white supremacy against Black communities?”

Real talk: For me, family is synonymous with grief, loss, and trauma. Always being on the outside looking in has been the story of my life. Except for this one. Except for this one. He is my sun. We are creating new traditions together. .
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#tashlich #jewish #badjews #jewishmother #jewishmuslim #muslimjewish #family

Judaism beyond Zionism means...

BAD JEW REFLECTIONS ON THE DAYS OF AWE. By all measures of what constitutes a good Jew in the Patriarchy, I have failed. I may feel unable to access organized religion or participate in most of its dictates, but I am determined to connect with this heritage that runs through my DNA anyway. Spiritually, ethically, historically, politically, artistically, ancestrally. Whatever I can access, I am trying.

We are rounding out the month of Elul and approaching what is called the Days of Awe, which begins with Rosh Hashanah, the two-day start of the Jewish New Year, and ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is a time of introspection, of taking stock, of seeking forgiveness for any harm we may have caused, and renewing our sense of connection to something vaster than the efforting of this little life we lead.
For me, a big intention during these Days of Awe is super literal: actually to connect back in with a sense of awe. Not just during these ten days, but on a regular basis. I feel like awe is not edgy or cool at all, and it likely may not be easily Instagrammable. But it feels like a needed antidote to the disillusionment and cynicism that seem to be required battle armor for surviving in late stage capitalism and full on planetary crisis.
Here's to finding some moments of awe, even in the epic swirling shit-storm. L'Shana Tova, y'all.
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#jewish #roshhashana #jewishnewyear #badjew #jewishguilt #shanatova #highholidays #daysofawe #awe

Check out the brilliant @specialkech presenting on #wevebeentoopatient and all things radical mental health today! .
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#webinar #radicalmentalhealth #mentalhealth #psychiatry #socialjustice #bookstagram #authorsofig

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#halloweenseason #covenup #wearetheweirdosmister #wearetheweirdosmister🔮

Posted @withrepost • @usclimatestrike Tomorrow, we have 1000+ mobilizations planned in the US alone... and over 3270 global mobilizations planned. These figures don’t even factor in the mobilizations planned in many countries for their weeks of action and for September 27th. THIS, is what democracy looks like. Let’s make some noise.
#globalclimatestrike #strikewithus #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture

Posted @withrepost • @ragebecomesher What a great series,@ner_m0n! Thank you so much for the shout out. Sometimes I write stuff like this on post its and leave them in random public places, to get the ideas out of my head and into other people’s.
Reposting with thanks: “A few reflections on what I learned so far this year about female identity. Every women should spend a year unpacking and exploring her inherited and learned female identity. My approach includes a lot of reading and a lot of conversations with mostly women and some men in all walks and ages of life.” #femaleidentity #2019resolutions #somuchunlearning #futureisfemale #misogyny #patriarchy #femaledesigner #designresearcher #passionproject #tinkerer #postitfeminism #ragebecomesher #feminism #intersectionalfeminism

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