DEBORAH JOHNSON
Photo taken by Mel Taing
Deborah Johnson, LCSW is a queer Indian-American multidisciplinary creative based in Boston, MA. By day she is a counselor and community care practitioner supporting survivors of power-based violence at Harvard University.
She loves to play, rest, cry, and scream into the void. Deborah finds joy in making playlists, talking to the trees, and building creative community.
CREATIVE WORK
Public Art and Installations
Super Bloom, 2023
Bhākti Practice Of The Heart, 2022
Big Heart Energy Zone 3 Scrim Installation, 2020
Illustrations and Paintings
SF LGBT Center
Community Care For Everyone, Bedstuy Strong, 2020
Darlene Jackson New York City Council Campaign, 2020
Press and Writing
Watertown News, Super Bloom At Zine Fest: Several Hundred Come Out To Watertown Library Zine Fest
Boston Globe, Turning Towards Mindfulness
FACILITATION AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024, Guest Lecture, Tufts Women’s Symposium
2023, Guest Facilitator, Community Grief Circle, SOAR (South Asians Abortion Resource Network)
2023, Guest Facilitator, BIPOC Sapphic Night, Tufts University – LGBT Center
2023, Guest Speaker and Teacher, Yoga: Caste, Cultural Appropriation, and Your Practice, Tufts University, Women’s Center
2023, Panelist, Title IX Alumni Panel, Oberlin College
2022, Facilitator and Yoga Teacher, Please Touch Museum
2022, Facilitator and Yoga Teacher, Emerson College
2022, Facilitator, Zone 3 Western Ave Arts
2022, Facilitator, Arts Connect International
2021, Facilitator, National Asian American Women’s Forum