​​Welcome to Rebekah D. Mason Creates. I believe in community storytelling, equity and justice, and joy as resistance.
Justice Through Joy is the Heart of My Work.
Justice Through Joy is a living, breathing community and storytelling project rooted in joy, identity, and resistance. We uplift the voices of women of color and gender-queer people of color shaped by, working within, or resisting the U.S. legal system—whether as lawyers, students, graduates, support staff, policymakers, paralegals, public defenders, professors, social workers, or activists. At a time of mounting threats to our communities, Justice Through Joy offers sanctuary for truth-telling, joy-sharing, and the collective healing that comes from being witnessed and heard. ​​The U.S. legal system was not built for us. Yet we navigate it, survive it, and reshape it every day. And our stories matter. And our stories matter. Your story matters. My story matters. Our stories matter. ​ ​This is a movement where storytelling, community, and healing, where we amplify the stories and voices of women of color and gender-queer people of color shaped by, working within, or resisting the U.S. legal system—whether as lawyers, students, graduates, support staff, policymakers, paralegals, public defenders, professors, social workers, or activists. ​​ Too often, our stories are silenced, erased, distorted or forgotten. The ​Justice Through Joy community centers our stories—honoring your experiences of struggle, resilience, brilliance, and becoming. We believe joy is not an afterthought; it is resistance, it is memory, it is liberation. If you believe that justice and joy can walk side by side, I see you.​ I would like to radically welcome you to Justice Through Joy. You are welcome here. If you believe this community is for you or you want to support this community and this movement, please be in touch. ​​​In solidarity & love, ​Rebekah D. Mason
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In systems not built for us, telling the truth is a radical act. Connect with this community in whatever way feels the most comfortable for you.
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Justice Through Joy Community Conversations
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Justice Through Joy One Story at a Time
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Justice Through Joy Storytelling Shares
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Justice Through Joy Stories Podcast: Launching in January 2026
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We use theater games, music, and creative reflections to explore and build community. We recognize that we all have stories to share within ourselves. We celebrate our joy and uplift it as revolutionary. We listen to and empower one another. We stand together in collective resistance in ways which best honor and protect our humanity, our bodies, our families, and our lived experiences.
Storytelling Shares
Spring 2026
Be a part of our first (invited-public) Storytelling Share. Reserve your spot now! This will be an invited event, in the Spring 2026. Collaborate with fellow Justice Through Joy participants who were a part of a Community Conversations Cohort, who have shared their story One Story At A Time, or who as a part of our community want to share in community as a group. Participants will have the chance to share a part of your story in a co-created storytelling event—scripted or unscripted, anonymously, with the help of another participant, or in your own voice. These 3-5 minute stories will be as formal or informal—as each participant chooses. Participants will be able to invite guests to participate. This event will be documented in the Justice Through Joy Stories→ Archive in ways that each participants has agreed to in advance. Invited guests can participate in whatever way the participant has agreed to in advance.
One Story At A Time
Ongoing
​Share a part of your story virtually in a one-on-one storytelling conversational interview which will be honored and documented, either in an anonymous, psuedo-anonymous or in an identifying way of your choice, in the Justice Through Joy Stories →Archive. Your voice belongs here. ​
Community Conversations
Ongoing
Justice Through Joy is a radical act of remembrance, resistance, and joy. If you are a woman of color or a gender queer person of color, and your life has been shaped by U.S. laws, legal systems, or social justice work—this invitation is for you. This project exists to honor and uplift our stories. We believe that our voices matter. That our labor matters. That our joy, our grief, and our survival are part of a larger story that deserves to be told—with reverence, with complexity, and in our own words. Whether you have worked in the legal field as a student, paralegal, attorney, judge, social worker, policy analyst, translator, public defender, prosecutor—or supported legal justice in any role—we welcome you. This community includes those whose work may not have been formally recognized by titles, but whose advocacy, caregiving, and resistance has shaped lives and systems nonetheless. If you’ve navigated the legal system through your own lived experience—be it as a survivor, client, defendant, caregiver, interpreter, or advocate—your voice is also vital here. Justice Through Joy is designed by and for us—women of color and gender queer people of color whose lives intersect with the legal world. It is a space to share our stories, name our truths, and co-create a future rooted in collective liberation. If this resonates with you, please reach out. If this feels like a space you’ve been waiting for, please be in touch. If you are outside of this community but want to support the work, we welcome your solidarity. You are not alone. You are not invisible. You are part of something powerful.