Allyship and Intersectionality

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• Demystifying how to be a male ally — Better Allies

• Guide to Allyship — Amélie Lamont

• Ally Skills Workshop — Valerie Aurora (Frame Shift Consulting)

• Moving from Ally to Accomplice: How Far Are You Willing to Go to Disrupt Racism in the Workplace? — Kimberly Harden, Tai Harden-Moore (Diverse Education)

• Intersectionality 101: Why “we’re focusing on women” doesn’t work for Diversity & Inclusion — Jennifer Kim (Awaken)

• True Diversity Is Intersectional — Ellen K. Pao (Include)

• Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics — Kimberlé Crenshaw (University of Chicago Legal Forum)

• The urgency of intersectionality — Kimberlé Crenshaw (TED)

• The intersectionality wars — Jane Coaston (Vox)