course »Intersectionality and the Heightened Impacts of Intersectional Oppression within and beyond the Child Welfare System

Date: 6/13/2024, 9:15 am—4:45 pm
County: -Training Offerings
CEUs: 6
Location: -DISTANCE LEARNING
Sponsor: A Better Way, Inc.
Phone: 510-601-0203
“Intersectional theory asserts that people are often disadvantaged by multiple sources of oppression: their race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and other identity markers. Intersectionality recognizes that identity markers (e.g. ‘woman’ and ‘black’) do not exist independently of each other, and that each informs the others, often creating a complex convergence of oppression.”” (YW Boston) All systems of oppression are mutually-reinforcing, and while we can pull them apart and examine one at a time to understand each identity and its associated oppression better, we are living under all of these systems of oppression at once in our daily lives. What happens when you are oppressed in more than one identity? This interactive day-long workshop will review the foundations of oppression in the US for us to understand how systems of oppression work together. We will discuss how having multiple targeted identities creates more and different opportunities for harm that are greater than the sum of their parts and why it is important to use this lens in our work. Attendees will have an opportunity to consider how an increased awareness and thoughtfulness as related to intersectionality will serve to better support their clients and communities.