Introducing Intersectionality | Addressing Systemic Oppression

Registrants will receive an email with some pre-work for this webinar and additional instructions to connect to the Zoom meeting.

Presenter: Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism Coordinator

Time: November 19, 2020 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Eastern

Length: 60 min

Description: Coined by Kimberle Crenshaw and emerging out of an analysis of workplace discrimination against Black women, the term “intersectionality” provides a framework for understanding how racism/White supremacy and other forms of oppression (sexism/patriarchy; ableism; heterosexism, etc.) collide to impact specific communities in detrimental and violent ways. As the term has become more mainstream, its meaning has gotten lost in translation. This learning session will work to increase understanding of what intersectionality is and why it matters for our undoing oppression efforts.