Exploring Intersectional Feminism
Prerequisite - Seeing White - Foundations for White Women
Date: 9 Wednesday, September 17 through November 12, 2025
Time: 7-8:30pm ET
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Location: Virtual
Cost: Sliding scale $0-$500.
Program Description:
Kimberlé Crenshaw gifted us with the term Intersectional feminism in 1989 as a prism for seeing how various forms of inequality often operate together and exacerbate each other. Through the lens of intersectional feminism, we will explore the complex layering of white women's roles as both the oppressed and the oppressor within the U.S. context. Through a process of learning and reflection, we will examine the impacts of patriarchy on women and society as a whole, while reconciling our perpetuation of White feminism with our historical and current resistance to intersectional feminism. We aim to foster a lifelong practice of intersectional feminism.
Objectives:
Understand patriarchal systems and power through a systems analysis, deepening awareness of the impact of male supremacy.
Learn the historical roots and evolution of feminism.
Acknowledge and process the rage and grief of the patriarchy and misogyny.
Process internalized male supremacy and identify ways to heal.
Celebrate what we love about being women!
Understand the impacts of the patriarchy on all of us, including men.
Address our role as White women in perpetuating patriarchy and White supremacy.
Recognize and begin to eradicate internalized White patriarchal supremacist beliefs that block our sisterhood with each other and women of color.
Learn the practice of intersectional feminism from our role models.
Commit as individuals and a community to a lifelong practice of intersectional feminism.
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Facilitator
Tara Jenkins (she/her)
Principal Consultant & Founder Conscious Revolution
I’ve got a couple of things I’m doing that I’d call my life’s joy (formerly called life’s work). Being a mom to my two kids gives me a chance to directly influence two people that will do great things in this beautiful, chaotic, wild world. Yes!
My life’s joy is also helping leaders build inspiring organizations that they love. There’s no better way to spend precious life time! The unique organizations we create together impact so many people for the better.
I have been told I’m a catalyst for transformation. To do this work I have a commitment to be awake in every aspect of my life, a commitment to equity and abundance, and a vow to be content in being both polished and a messy work in progress.
Witty things make me laugh. Kindred spirits fill me up. I love the sky, trees and water. Ask me to travel, sing, dance, hike, or see live music and I’m immediately in. Skiing and camping are a blast once you’ve started but the prep almost makes me not want to go. Someday I’ll be deeply settled in my body and soul and helping others to do the same.
And yeah, I have all those credentials one typically needs to be declared legit. Twenty-five plus wisdom-building years grinding it out as a global HR leader; Undergrad in Human Resources, Masters in Organizational Development & Leadership, Certifications galore. In 2019, I became one of the world’s first Certified Conscious Capitalism Consultants*.
Our work together will fill everyone, including us, with joy and inspiration. Yes, we can do that! Yes, that’s what we are doing! Join us!
Barrie (she/her)
Hi, I’m Barrie. When I was twenty-nine, I left my job leading an Alternative High School program in Pennsylvania for smart kids who were underperforming academically to take a position as a guidance counselor to students from around the world at the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon. On a trip to the Gold Souk in Beirut, I bought a gold necklace to fill with charms. The first charm I purchased was a gold heart, and the second was a gold globe. These charms symbolized to me that my heart could open to love and care for people worldwide.
After escaping Beirut during the civil war in 1975, I worked as a nanny for the Jordanian Royal Family. Later, I earned a Master's Degree in Family Studies from the University of Maryland at College Park, opened a therapy practice on Long Island, and worked with women leaders and their partners and families for twenty-five years. In my sixties, I founded a global executive coaching company that served organizations and executives in seventy-five countries, which I sold in 2019.
I’m known as a lifelong learner and fierce advocate for women’s rights worldwide. I’m passionate about women having equal rights and opportunities. I believe more women in leadership positions is what the world needs now. My coaching clients are women executives leading corporations and non-profit organizations. My soon-to-be-released book BOLD includes memoir and self-help for women facing the challenges of living and leading boldly in patriarchal cultures.
I started powerlifting at seventy. At seventy-nine, I’m still chasing the elusive two-hundred-pound deadlift. I also support the arts through the Arts Club of Washington, DC. I enjoy time with my husband of forty-eight years, my daughter, and our friends! I love movies and fashion. My next goal is to study poetry to become a better memoir writer.