
Hi, I’m Janelle
Just here to share a few things…
Who am I?
I’m a cartoonist, writer, and lawyer working to restore humans and land to more loving relationships with each other.
I cofounded the worker-directed Sustainable Economies Law Center in 2009, where I’ve supported all kinds of wonderful things, like radical real estate cooperatives, worker-directed nonprofits, solar cooperatives, and Indigenous land return projects. I now work at the Law Center part-time, with a focus on supporting radical land projects and wealth redistribution.
Outside of the Law Center, I do other things:
I’m a legal companion. I’m still learning what that means, but mostly I spend time in conversation with people who are navigating creative legal pathways in the good work they do. This includes leaders of Indigenous land projects, worker collectives, and collective land projects, and lawyers asking big questions like: Who am I? What IS law? I don’t do this for money. I just do it, because it’s what makes sense for me.
I write and cartoon about love and law. Some of my work is below.
Here are two collections of writings and videos:
Wanna watch cartoons?
Here are some cartoons where I grapple with big questions, like: What is land, law, love, and what am I?