Research Talk: "Intersectional Challenges in Re-Mobilizing the Women's Movement"

photograph of 3 young women (2 women of color and one white woman) holding a banner at a protest. the banner reads "White feminism was built on the backs of women of color"
photo courtesy of Michael Heaney
Speaker: 
Michael T. Heaney, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Political Science, University of Michigan
Participants : 
  • Anna Kirkland, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Women’s Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and Health Management and Policy 
  • Lisa Disch, Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies
Event Date: 
March 13, 2018
Event Time: 
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
2239 Lane Hall
Event Accessibility : 
Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.
Event Tags: 
politics
political science
faculty research
photograph of 3 young women (2 women of color and one white woman) holding a banner at a protest. the banner reads "White feminism was built on the backs of women of color"
photo courtesy of Michael Heaney

In this research talk, Professor Michael Heaney will discuss findings from his surveys of participants at the 2017 Women’s March in DC, and the Women’s Convention in Detroit in October 2017. 

After the candidacy and election of Donald J. Trump as President, there have been renewed efforts to organize women in the United States under a single, unified umbrella. The most visible effort is the Women’s March, which organized a massive march in Washington, DC and around the world on the day following Trump’s inauguration. The Women’s March also organized a convention, held in Detroit in October 2017.

This study examines these organizing efforts to assess the extent to which this nascent women’s movement is mending divisions among women and the extent to which divisions still represent challenges to the movement, and was partially funded by IRWG.

Panelists Anna Kirkland and Lisa Disch will offer commentary. A Q&A with the audience will follow the discussion.

IRWG provided funding for this research through our Faculty Seed Grant program.