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Intersectionality
Intersectionality
Identity is an important aspect in approaching our mental health. Race, sexuality, gender identity, religion, socioeconomic status, and many other factors impact our access, education, awareness and understanding of mental health and some of the challenges that an individual’s identity can have on their experiences. We want to celebrate these unique characteristics and share stories of diverse youth voices.
Understanding Intersectionality
Understanding Intersectionality
Intersectionality is a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. The concept of intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class, and other forms of discrimination “intersect” to create unique dynamics and effects.
Read Intersectional Portraits
Read Intersectional Portraits
“Intersectional Perspectives Portrait Project,” is an online gallery featuring youth and young adults with lived experience. Throughout the life of this project, YMCI participants affirmed the importance of learning from other leaders with lived experience. Over the month of May, Youth MOVE National will be featuring three new portraits.
We want to see your creative expressions on how mental health and identity relate to each other. Our focus is to tell stories about what makes us.... us! We are creating an online wall of stories, artwork, writing, photos, resources, audio clips, and any other medium you can imagine to share that highlight ‘Piece of Me.’ Everyone has a different relationship to their personal identity characteristics as well as our mental health; but how do the two work together? We want to explore this for Children’s Mental Health Awareness 2022! Add your thoughts, ideas and resources to our Padlet. We have one for youth and young adults and one for partners and family members. Add to the Padlet that best describes you. Learn how to use Padlet here
Thank you to Youth MOVE National and the resources provide to Youth MOVE Chapters to celebrate CMHA 2022
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