Live Poster Session: Zoom Link
Thursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT
Abstract: Throughout history, Black Indigenous Women of Color(BIWoC) have been at the forefront of a variety of social movements and have served as integral catalysts of social change and development. Advocacy and activism has proven to be instrumental in fostering healthy change. Group identity, such as race, class, or gender, has a significant influence on the mobilization of social movements. Researchers have found that identity is multifaceted and different identities merge to create the entire “inside self”. It is this inner identity that influences how individuals interact with the outside world. Historically, BIWoC activists emphasize how their identities inform their social work and agency. Despite this extensive involvement, previous studies have not elucidated how BIWoC housing activists self identify and how those identities color the lens through which they see activism and themselves. Within the framework of the Model of Multidimensional Identity(MMDI), the current study aims to understand how identities of BIWoC impact their journey to housing activism using a qualitative approach. BIWoC housing activists and organizers express how their multidimensional identities as women, feminists, and mothers were both formative in shaping their journeys to activism and keeping them invested in social mobilization initiatives. Activists’ work both influences and are influenced by identity. With women of color so integral to many advocacy initiatives, it is important to investigate the factors which lead them to and keep them invested in activism.
RIS-2020_CR-Charity-RussellLive Poster Session: Zoom Link
Thursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT