Writers

Radiah Shabazz Harold

Radiah Shabazz Harold is the director of communications at People’s Climate Innovation Center, where she brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit strategic communications, anti-oppressive practices, racial justice, and organizational change to her work. She focuses on implementing and advising on communications strategies that broaden the generation and dissemination of content elevating the intersection of racial justice with climate change, education, health, and affordable housing. Shabazz Harold is passionate about using radical and transformative communications strategies to advance racial justice and cultivate Black liberation. Prior to joining the People’s Climate Innovation Center, she enhanced communications in her roles at Grounded Solutions Network, the Institute for Sustainable Communities, and the National Housing Conference. She also worked at Start Early (formerly The Ounce of Prevention Fund) and at On Earth Peace. Shabazz Harold has provided strategic communications and infrastructure support to Social Justice Fund NW, the Asian American Scholar Forum, and the Vera Institute of Justice through her communications consultancy, YasBrook Consulting. She has a BA in journalism from Howard University and an MA in social work (MSW equivalent) from the University of Chicago.