Harris is the founder of GOLD Comedy,[1] "an early stage startup giving girls and women the tools to find their funny and the places to share it with the world."
She is the former vice president, Communications at Breakthrough, a global human rights organization driving the culture change we need to build a world in which all people live with dignity,[2] equality, and respect.
Her essay in Salon on female genital mutilation ("Our Daughters Should Not Be Cut"[11]) was a recipient of a 2010 Planned Parenthood Maggie Award for online reporting,[12] and it encouraged U.S. Reps Joseph Crowley and Mary Bono Mack to introduce The Girls' Protection Act[13] to make it a federal crime to transport a minor outside the United States for the purpose of female genital mutilation.
[21] Breakthrough describes its mission as "a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, pop culture, and community mobilization to inspire people to take bold action for dignity, equality, and justice."
It is based in India and the United States, and particularly focuses on gender-based violence, and issues relating to sexuality, HIV/AIDS, immigration, and racial justice.
"[22] Directed by Jim Gaylord, the production was promoted as featuring "cautionary campfire tales about snow sports, skating scandals, dotcom meltdowns, fellas with cold feet, and parents numb with worry."
Harris also performed[23] as a standup comic and storyteller for many years, and in her early twenties she was "discovered"[24] as a Tonya Harding look-alike and made numerous TV and radio appearances.
Harris married Rabbi David Adelson,[25] currently the dean of the New York City campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, in 2003.