In addition to working with the school system as a parent mentor, Harris is the organizer and founder of the Fayette Field of Hope, a non-profit organization that built a $850,000 baseball complex in Peachtree City for children with developmental and physical disabilities. The field opened Oct. 1 and serves 12 metro Atlanta counties.

Harris also serves on the State Advisory Panel for Special Education and is highly sought after to make presentations across the state on special education and family issues.

He was presented with the advocacy award during the annual Galaxy of Stars Luncheon hosted by the Tommy Nobis Center in May at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta. Harris is among more than 300 individuals and organizations that have been honored at this event since its conception in 1998.