Pushing back : women-of color-led grassroots activism in New York City / Ariella Rotramel.

"This book explores women of color's grassroots leadership in organizations that are not singularly identified with feminism. Centered in New York City, Pushing Back brings an intersectional perspective to communities of color as it addresses injustices tied to domestic work, housing, and environmen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rotramel, Ariella (Author)
Language:English
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2020]
Series:Since 1970.
Subjects:
Minority women > Political activity > New York (State) > New York.
Leadership in minority women > New York (State) > New York.
Women political activists > New York (State) > New York.
Social justice > New York (State) > New York.
Leadership in minority women.
Minority women > Political activity.
Social justice.
Women political activists.
New York (State) > New York.
Physical Description:151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Women of color-led grassroots activism in New York City
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Situated knowledge and action
  • Stuck on repeat : stereotypes and structural oppression of communities of color
  • Building women's leadership : interrelationality as feminist praxis
  • Organizing strategies : from the streets to the courts
  • Housing struggles from Chinatown to the South Bronx
  • Identity politics and intersectionalities in social justice praxis.