Understanding Intersectionality: Navigating Power and Identities

Explore the significance of intersectionality as a powerful lens to comprehend how various identities intersect and clash, impacting individuals in terms of power dynamics. Learn why recognizing intersecting identities is crucial for fostering awareness and inclusivity. Engage in discussions to reflect on personal experiences and understand the implications of intersectionality in different roles.

• Intersectionality
• Power dynamics
• Identities
• Inclusivity
• Awareness

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1. INTERSECTIONALITY: WHY DOES IT MATTER? Lynette Sparkman-Barnes, Psy.D. & Monica Oh, Ph.D., - Counseling and Educational Support Services

2. EXRECISE: WHAT ARE YOUR IDENTITIES?

3. LETS UNPACK THIS EXERCISE

4. THE WEIGHT FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES ISSUE OF POWER

5. DEFINING INTERSECTIONALITY Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It s not simply that there s a race problem here, a gender problem here, and a class or LBGTQ problem there. Many times that framework erases what happens to people who are subject to all of these things. Kimberle Crenshaw

6. INTERSECTIONALITY

7. INTERSECTIONALITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o

8. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Age Group 1.2%0.2% Total Enrollment 4.1% 0.2% .4% Under 20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 50 and older 24.2% 40.1% Male Female Unknown 59.5% 70.1%

9. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Race/Ethnicity 2.2%0.2% White Non-Hispanic 0.1% 4.1% 5.0% Unknown Asian 5.2% Non-Resident 7.3% Hispanic 8.9% Multiple Ethnicities 67.0% Black American Indian/Alaskan Native Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

10. WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS THINK?

11. EXERCISE: SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS 1.Why is it important to be aware of intersecting identities? 2. How is intersectionality applicable in your role here? 3.How may intersecting identities clash or be in conflict with each other? 4. Discuss a time your intersectionality was not valued and/our you did not value someone s intersecting identities