Climate activists looking for help, meet Mackenzie Harris
Mackenzie Harris at the distillery district in Toronto. Photo submitted by Mackenzie Harris
Mackenzie Harris helps us all get the job done.
As the librarian and knowledge translator for the Climate Justice Organizing Hub (Le Hub), this 25-year-old is supporting a richly resourced community of practice for grassroots climate activists across the country.
This piece is part of a series of profiles highlighting young people across the country who are addressing the climate crisis. These extraordinary humans give me hope. I write these stories to pay it forward.
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Social science tells us we need the engaged and sustained participation of over one million people across Canada to create climate fairness in our cultural, political and economic systems. Thankfully, a new generation of grassroots and decentralized organizers is building the often self-managing groups and networks we need. But this work is hard and we don’t have time to all learn things from scratch. If we can share resources rapidly, this movement has potentially vast impacts. Le Hub helps organizers with personal and professional challenges and facilitates knowledge exchange and the development of best practices.