Field Notes from the Calder: a hardback with a misty Yorkshire valley on the cover

Forthcoming

The Commons

A near-future love story set in a self-governing Saint Paul district, 2054.

The Commons imagines a Saint Paul neighborhood that governs itself, and two people falling in love inside the systems of care their community built. A novel about what it might feel like to live in the world we're organizing for.

Published

In progress

Publisher

Novel

Coming soon.

Updates on Substack

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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Essays on building care that lasts.

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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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© 2026 Zedé Harut. All rights reserved.

© 2026 Zedé Harut. All rights reserved.