Lethal Intersections: Safety, Security, and Youth
Explore power dynamics and how intersectional approaches can reduce societal violence with Dr. Patricia Hill Collins and Dr. Maleeka Glover.
Join Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, as she shares insights from her forthcoming book, Lethal Intersections: Race, Gender, and Violence. She will be joined by expert discussant Dr. Maleeka Glover, Executive Director of Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation.
Using the experiences of American youth, Dr. Collins will examine how intersectional approaches can be used to analyze and address violence as a social problem. Her presentation will discuss the complex power dynamics of race, gender, class, and sexuality that organize violence at varying levels of society, and how these dynamics shape how young people experience and perceive safety and security.
This event will explore the following questions: In what ways might intersectional analyses contribute to solving violence as a social problem that affects youth? How might the concept of intersectionality broaden conceptions of safety and security for youth? How might intersectional analyses of safety and security generate new approaches to solving the social problem of violence?
Dr. Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emerita of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her books include Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment; Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice; Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism ; From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism ; Intersectionality; and Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory. For 30 years, her anthology Race, Class, and Gender: Intersections and Inequalities, 10th ed. (edited with Margaret Andersen) has been used in over 200 colleges and universities. Professor Collins has taught at several institutions, held editorial positions with professional journals, lectured widely in the United States and internationally, served in various capacities in professional organizations, and acted as consultant for community organizations. In 2008, she became the 100th President of the American Sociological Association, the first African American woman elected to this position in the organization’s 104-year history. In 2022, she was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. Her latest book Lethal Intersections: Race, Gender, and Violence, is forthcoming in October 2023 from Polity Books.
Dr. Maleeka Glover is currently the Executive Director of WCAPS, whose mission is to advance the leadership and professional development of women of color in the fields of international peace, security, and conflict transformation. For the past 20 years, Dr. Glover has worked across many areas of public health and emergency management. She is a social epidemiologist by training and has held positions with CDC, WHO and several academic institutions. She works to develop and implement science-based approaches, program coordination, training, and global health security leadership. Dr. Glover examines how cultural, economic, and demographic factors, biopsychosocial interactions, societal influences, and various levels of social organization (ranging from small groups to complex cultural systems) influence public health and its delivery. Dr. Glover holds a Doctorate from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Clark Atlanta University.
Inclusive National Security (InclusiveNatSec) is a CNA-funded initiative dedicated to fostering discussions on inclusivity in national security among the community of national security professionals who are exploring the implications of structural biases in their work. The seminar series explores what national security thought leaders can do to counter the influence of structural and systemic biases. Those who are interested in joining the InclusiveNatSec community can visit our website, follow the group on Twitter, and join the mailing list by emailing inclusivenatsec@cna.org.
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Explore power dynamics and how intersectional approaches can reduce societal violence with Dr. Patricia Hill Collins and Dr. Maleeka Glover.
Join Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, as she shares insights from her forthcoming book, Lethal Intersections: Race, Gender, and Violence. She will be joined by expert discussant Dr. Maleeka Glover, Executive Director of Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation.
Using the experiences of American youth, Dr. Collins will examine how intersectional approaches can be used to analyze and address violence as a social problem. Her presentation will discuss the complex power dynamics of race, gender, class, and sexuality that organize violence at varying levels of society, and how these dynamics shape how young people experience and perceive safety and security.
This event will explore the following questions: In what ways might intersectional analyses contribute to solving violence as a social problem that affects youth? How might the concept of intersectionality broaden conceptions of safety and security for youth? How might intersectional analyses of safety and security generate new approaches to solving the social problem of violence?
Dr. Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emerita of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her books include Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment; Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice; Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism ; From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism ; Intersectionality; and Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory. For 30 years, her anthology Race, Class, and Gender: Intersections and Inequalities, 10th ed. (edited with Margaret Andersen) has been used in over 200 colleges and universities. Professor Collins has taught at several institutions, held editorial positions with professional journals, lectured widely in the United States and internationally, served in various capacities in professional organizations, and acted as consultant for community organizations. In 2008, she became the 100th President of the American Sociological Association, the first African American woman elected to this position in the organization’s 104-year history. In 2022, she was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. Her latest book Lethal Intersections: Race, Gender, and Violence, is forthcoming in October 2023 from Polity Books.
Dr. Maleeka Glover is currently the Executive Director of WCAPS, whose mission is to advance the leadership and professional development of women of color in the fields of international peace, security, and conflict transformation. For the past 20 years, Dr. Glover has worked across many areas of public health and emergency management. She is a social epidemiologist by training and has held positions with CDC, WHO and several academic institutions. She works to develop and implement science-based approaches, program coordination, training, and global health security leadership. Dr. Glover examines how cultural, economic, and demographic factors, biopsychosocial interactions, societal influences, and various levels of social organization (ranging from small groups to complex cultural systems) influence public health and its delivery. Dr. Glover holds a Doctorate from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Clark Atlanta University.
Inclusive National Security (InclusiveNatSec) is a CNA-funded initiative dedicated to fostering discussions on inclusivity in national security among the community of national security professionals who are exploring the implications of structural biases in their work. The seminar series explores what national security thought leaders can do to counter the influence of structural and systemic biases. Those who are interested in joining the InclusiveNatSec community can visit our website, follow the group on Twitter, and join the mailing list by emailing inclusivenatsec@cna.org.
Note: The registration link is optimized to work in Google Chrome. If you encounter additional issues with pop-up blockers, please email inclusivenatsec@cna.org to complete your registration.