Intersectionality and Social Movements Mini-Conference: Burdens and Risks of Intersectional Activism

Session Submission Type: Virtual Created Panel

Part of Mini-Conference

• Intersectionality and Social Movements Virtual Mini-Conference

Session Description

Black women and youth carry are disproportionately burdened with the harm from and risks associated with seeking to subvert the institutions of racial capitalism. Lived experiences at the intersection of race and gender shape Black feminist theorizing and engagement in tactically diverse repertoires that seek social change through both institutional and non-institutional means of political participation. This panel focuses on the risks, harms, threats, burdens, and affective politics that shape and result from the activism of women of color and Black women specifically.

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Cosponsors

• Division 31: Women, Gender, and Politics Research

• Division 32: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Individual Presentations

• How the Punishment of Black Women Affects the Civic and Political Participation of Black Women - Sally Nuamah, Northwestern University

• The Lonely Activist - Akwugo Emejulu, University of Warwick; Leah Bassel, University of Leicester

• Privilege and Protest: Race, Gender, and Political Responses to Threat - Jenn M. Jackson, Syracuse University

Chair

• Traci Burch Northwestern University

Discussants

• Jean Beaman University of California Santa Barbara

• Tiffany J. Willoughby-Herard University of California-Irvine