Revisiting Feminist Coalitions to Reimagine Feminist Future Dreams

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Abstract

The recent women’s march in Washington D.C. highlighted a need to revisit the role that feminist coalitions play within feminist organizing and movement work. Although women of color were integral to the planning, the march was plagued with criticisms from the beginning that it only reflected white women. This paper will examine critiques of the march through the framework of feminist coalitions. 40 years after Combahee offered the largest protest in history, how will this moment be used for liberation and our feminist future? What are the consequences for our resistance of we cannot figure this out in this moment?

Presenter

• Rebecca J. Lambert, Oregon State University