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INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM
BY SELAM DEBS
BAY OF QUINTE, FEB. 6, 2025
All inequality is not created equal. An intersectional approach highlights how people's social identities—such as race, gender, class, sexuality, or immigrant status—overlap, creating compounded experiences of discrimination.
In this session, Selam Deb’s will explore how White Feminism, the dominant narrative in understanding women’s rights, has extracted, exploited, and co-opted Black Feminist movements to center White supremacy as the power structure. We will discuss how intersectional feminism, coined by law professor and civil rights activist Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, centers the voices of those facing overlapping forms of oppression, helping us understand inequities and the relationships within systems.
We cannot advocate for the rights of women, trans, non-binary, 2SLGBTQ+ communities, and folks with disabilities without placing racial justice at the forefront. And we cannot advocate for racial justice without actively naming and dismantling White supremacy and its structural outcomes.
The Quinte Cultural Innovation Committee (QCIC), BPW H&PE, Women's W.O.R.K, and the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board invite you to warmly welcome Selam Deb’s, creator of the well-loved "Anti-Racism Course," to Belleville! Let’s make Ms. Deb’s voice and perspectives feel seen, heard, and valued in the Bay of Quinte region.
IN THIS WORKSHOP,
We will reveal and examine:
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The impacts of Whiteness in Women’s and 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy
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How to integrate an Intersectional lens
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Why Intersectionality and Antiracism must be at the forefront of DEI strategies, leadership, workplace culture and how we create accountable, equitable and thriving spaces
TO PREPARE...
Take some time to reflect on the following questions:
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What does ‘diversity’ mean to you? Who is considered ‘diverse’ and who is seen as the norm?
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How do you determine if a space or organization is inclusive?
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When did you first realize you were White? Or Black, Indigenous or Racialized?
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Which of your identities do you think about daily or not much at all? (ie. Your race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, religion, socio-economic status)
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How are feelings of guilt, shame, aversion or apathy preventing you from applying equity and antiracism to your daily life, workplace culture and decision-making?
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What is the cost of not actively creating an equitable and antiracist space?
Join Selam Debs for this session on exploring, self-examining and developing an Antiracist Lens.
You can learn more about Selam Debs at www.selamdebs.com
Instagram: @selamdebs | Facebook @selamdebsyoga | Linkedin: @selamdebs | Twitter: @selamdeb
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