Now

What I’m doing now.

A /now page, after Derek Sivers: what has my attention this month. Updated 8 October 2026, from the desk in Hebden Bridge.

Writing

Writing

Chapter four of the notebook book. It is going slowly, which is how I know it's working.

Reading

Reading

The Peregrine, twenty pages a night, and a field guide to mosses.

Walking

Walking

The Calderdale Way, one section a week before the weather turns.

Learning

Learning

Bookbinding, at the library on Thursday evenings. My first notebook is crooked and I love it.

Not doing

Not doing

Social media, until the book draft is done.

Listening

Listening

The rain, mostly. And the radio on Sunday mornings.

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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