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Here's what structure can provide you in movement spaces

Structure is not the same thing as evil.

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Ivy climbing a gray brick wall beside a doorway

A prominent, Black-led, abolition-focused organization with roots going back to the '70s is struggling right now, and it's the same thing I see across so many left spaces doing critical work. We keep confusing what harmful systems have done to us with the real need for organization inside the parallel systems we're building. Read the full essay on Substack: https://zuhdae.substack.com/p/heres-what-structure-can-provide

Structure is not the same thing as evil.

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Shared Leadership is the first CWS pillar for a reason.

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Honored by and spoken at

  • Black Lives Matter Dreamers & Disruptors Award, 2026

  • Women's Foundation of Minnesota Rest Up Award, 2023

  • North American School for Organizers

  • Black Digital Renaissance

  • Black Lives Matter Dreamers & Disruptors Award, 2026

  • Women's Foundation of Minnesota Rest Up Award, 2023

  • North American School for Organizers

  • Black Digital Renaissance

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Zedé Harut

Strategist, writer and creator of the Community Welfare System. Building parallel systems of care in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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