Title: Feminist Community Organizing: The Spectre of the Sacred and the Secular
Abstract:In this article I explore the stories of nine white, middle-class feminist community organizers, told during a series of individual interviews and discussion groups. The women participating in this pr...In this article I explore the stories of nine white, middle-class feminist community organizers, told during a series of individual interviews and discussion groups. The women participating in this project did so following a number of years of us working together as feminists and community organizers. During our discussions it became clear that our secular work was entwined with personal stories of religion and spirituality. In addition, I argue that our stories are shaped by a broader social discourse about social work and community organizing, which similarly negotiates spaces between secularity, religiosity and spirituality. Reflecting on these stories and the way we tell them, I suggest that a more integrated understanding of secular feminist organizing, as constituted through notions of the sacred, opens up new spaces for thinking about feminist community development.Read More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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