Mica Amichai (they/them) is a mizrachi/ashkenazi queer nonbinary neurodivergent jewish person living in the bay area. They are deeply connected to the earth and loves gardening, playing with their dogs, birdwatching with friends, and getting far away from roads and electricity. They work hard to infuse urban planning with social justice. Follow them @mica_amichai.

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• Mariame Kaba, We Do This Til We Free Us https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us
• Keffiyeh - traditional scarf worn by many people in the so-called Middle East and also worn as a symbol of support for Palestinian liberation
• ISM - International Solidarity Movement https://palsolidarity.org/
• Women in Black https://womeninblack.org/
• Drash - shortened form of “midrash” used broadly nowadays to refer to any written or verbal commentary on Torah/scripture
• Sefer Yetzirah - “Book of Creation” and the earliest known written text on Jewish mysticism
• Gadol - Hebrew word that can mean an influential thinker or spiritual leader (used to describe revered Rabbis)
• Find more about the work of Michaela Harris, the whale whisperer, at https://www.michaelaharrison.org/
• El Segundo blue butterflies - https://xerces.org/endangered-species/species-profiles/el-segundo-blue