Joel Leon

Performer, author, storyteller

Joel Leon is a performer, author and storyteller from the Bronx. He is the author of "A Book About Things I Will Tell My Daughter" and "God Wears Durags Too," and a father to Lilah and West.

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Joel Leon is a performer, author and storyteller, born and raised in the Bronx, who writes and tells stories for Black people. He's been featured in the Columbia Journal, BBC News, Sirius XM, Forbes, Insider, Medium, Philadelphia Printworks, Blavity and the Huffington Post. He has spoken and performed at the Apollo Theater, Joe's Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, Columbia University, NYU and Webster Hall. He lives in the Bronx and is the father to Lilah and West.

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Joel Leon

The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting

Posted Feb 2020

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Taboo Breakers: Notes from Session 4 of TEDWomen 2019

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In Session 4 of TEDWomen 2019, we tackled some big taboos — divorce, menopause, political dissent — and met the extraordinary people on the front lines of breaking them. The event: TEDWomen 2019, Session 4: Taboo Breakers, hosted by Corey Hajim and Shoham Arad When and where: Thursday, December 5, 2019, 2:30pm PT, at La […]