Intersectionality Exercise

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

30 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Australian Attorney-General’s Department and Australian Institute of Social Relations: AVERT Family Violence: Collaborative Responses in the Family Law System (2010). Intersectionality exercise [PDF file]. https://www.avertfamilyviolence.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/06/Intersectionality.pdf

Tags:

  1. diversity
  2. empathy
  3. equity
  4. hierarchy
  5. identity
  6. intercultural
  7. intersectionality
  8. leadership
  9. other awareness
  10. perspective
  11. power
  12. privilege
  13. self-awareness
  14. similarities
  15. simulation
  16. social justice
  17. teamwork
  18. whiteness

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Practice empathy. 2. Define "intersectionality." 3. Recognize the impact of various social identities on people’s lives and how those identities intersect with compounding effects.