Understanding Intersectionality: Historical Consequences of Oppression
January 28, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Members of the Diversity Facilitation Collaborative are committed to working with UIC students, faculty and staff to create a more equitable campus community. Facilitators represent the many colleges and units across campus.
The UIC Diversity Facilitation Collaborative (DFC) is hosting the upcoming workshop “Understanding Intersectionality: Historical Consequences of Oppression”.
Through this interactive workshop, participants will gain a greater understanding of intersectionality, White supremacy, privilege and power. There will be a special focus on identifying systems of oppression within higher education and how participants can work to uphold social justice and equity on UIC’s campus. This workshop will utilize individual reflection and collaborative group work to explore topics.
Through this interactive workshop, participants will:
- Gain a greater understanding of intersectionality: White supremacy, privilege and power
- Become better equipped to assess their own positionality and power and the ways they may contribute to systems of oppression on campus
- Be able to identify the different forms of oppression, from individual to structural, in the context of UIC
- Consider ways they can contribute to shifting UIC culture and policies to uphold social justice and equity
- Engage in collaborative work by examining case studies
- Actively participate in dialogic process and inquiry
Date posted
Dec 15, 2024
Date updated
Dec 16, 2024