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Rhie Azzam Morris
Reconstructing Systems, Not Humans
Reimagining New Ways
Rhie Azzam Morris evolved into a tireless anti racist activist and community organizer as a teen and integrated that work in all aspects of her life- from homeless youth to housed advocate- for over 20 years. Now working with LifeWorks in Austin as the Coordinator of the Austin Youth Collective, Rhie has been working on an initiative with community partners and the City of Austin to end youth homelessness in Austin, TX.
Rhie currently serves as a co-chair on the Austin/Travis County Continuum of Care’s Equity Task Force and is a member of the Austin core team for the HUD Race Equity Demonstration Project. Through that role, Rhie is now working as a TA/Advisor on the Race Equity Demonstration Project, supporting authentic and equitable engagement with people with lived expertise in their work to bring race equity to the forefront of their homeless response systems.
Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference — those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are Black, who are older — know that survival is not an academic skill. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths.
–Audre Lorde- The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House
Services
Perspective
Rhie brings a perspective rooted in lived expertise both of actively being street dependent and embedded within the homeless response system, focused in advocating for reimagining systems and supporting and facilitating community groups of people with lived expertise in advocating for systems level change..
Leadership
Rhie provides training and consulting services, including strategic planning, data analysis, thought partnership focused in race equity and working with people with lived experience.
Strategic Planning
Rhie provides training in authentic engagement with people with lived experience and expertise as well as providing consulting and strategic planning support for mapping out initiatives focused on ending homelessness.
Testimonials
“Rhie is consistent, assertive and groundbreaking.
What you find behind the woman is mindfulness of self, others and surrounding that you can see reflected in her philanthropic work, skill sets and shining personality. With her lived expertise she changes her portion of the world every day. Working with her is a joy and honor.
I couldn’t be more proud!”
— Chris Davis, Communications Manager, Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (Austin/Travis Co CoC Lead Agency)
