Intersectionality and Social Movements Mini-Conference: Latinx and Latin American Intersectional Praxis

Session Submission Type: Virtual Created Panel

Part of Mini-Conference

• Intersectionality and Social Movements Virtual Mini-Conference

Session Description

Latina, Afro-Latina, Latin American Decolonial, and Latinx theorizing and agency have played an important role in advancing intersectional theory and organizing. This panel explores the diversity of Latinx and Latin American identities, theories, and activism. The panel includes works that trace the histories of Mestiza and Chicana theorizing, how these theories inspired, informed, and were influenced by activism. The panel includes studies on prominent historical and ongoing cases of intersectional activism in Latin America, North America, and the borderlands. Lastly, panelists consider the prospects of achieving transformative social change as a consequence of engaging or failing to engage in intersectional forms of activism and discursive struggle.

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Cosponsors

• Division 31: Women, Gender, and Politics Research

• Division 32: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Individual Presentations

• Developing a Mestiza Consciousness: Interrogating Latina Intersectional Identities and Praxis - Celeste M. Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder

• ¿El pueblo unido?: Immigrant Organizing, Intersectional Solidarity, and Demobilization - Ramon Garibaldo Valdez, Yale University

• Exploring the Campaigns for Equal Marriage in Uruguay and Argentina - Erica Townsend-Bell, Oklahoma State University

• Intergroup Dialogue in Faith Communities and Tensions over Immigration - Felipe A Filomeno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Chair

• Juliet Hooker Brown University

Discussants

• Cristina Beltran New York University

• Martha Balaguera University of Toronto