Honoring and celebrating the life of Brenda Harris, one of the Founding Members of the Coalition to Abolish Death By Incarceration (CADBI), and a Black woman whose profound love of her communities improved the lives of her neighbors and people across Philadelphia, on the occasion of Black History Month.

Honoring and celebrating the life of Brenda Harris, one of the Founding Members of the Coalition to Abolish Death By Incarceration (CADBI), and a Black woman whose profound love of her communities improved the lives of her neighbors and people across Philadelphia, on the occasion of Black History Month. WHEREAS, Brenda Harris was born February 4, 1957, in Philadelphia and passed away on June 1, 2024. She had three kids - a set of twins and Jenny Love Harris. She was the youngest of 8 children, graduating from Simon Gratz High School before working a range of jobs, from cleaning to SEPTA to sewing; and WHEREAS, Her loved ones fondly remember Brenda’s love of sewing, particularly to improve her home and to help her kids. Brenda even made Jenny’s high school prom dress. Although Brenda always claimed she would be unable to finish a given sewing project, she would always get it done - sewing was one of her favorite activities, along with taking her two sisters shopping every week; and WHEREAS, Brenda woke up committed to bringing her son Jerome Harris, who is incarcerated for life, back home. She went to sleep thinking about it. She went to every meeting she could until COVID happened, then she went to Zoom meetings; and WHEREAS, Everyone who knew Brenda knew that she loved everybody, did not have an evil bone in her body and would give you the shirt off her back if she could. But there’s nobody Brenda loved quite the way that she cherished her grandkids. Jenny’s middle son even …