Perspectives from women organizers: Views on gender, race, class, and sexual orientation

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 93-118

  Mizrahi, Terry ^a   Lombe, Margaret ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organizing; Feminism feminist organizing; Intersectionality; Race racism; Sexual orientation; Women of color; Women organizers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247499074     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v14n03_06     Document Type: Article

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