| Pushing Back: Women of Color–Led Grassroots Activism in New York City Subjects: Minority women -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York; Leadership in minority women -- New York (State) -- New York; Women political activists -- New York (State) -- New York; Social justice -- New York (State) -- New York; This book explores women of color's grassroots leadership in organizations that are not singularly identified with feminism. Centered in New York City, Pushing Back brings an intersectional perspective to communities of color as it addresses injustices tied to domestic work, housing, and environmental policies and practices. Ariella Rotramel shows how activists respond to injustice and marginalization, documenting the ways people of color and the working class in the United States recognize identity as key to the roots of and solutions to injustices such as environmental racism and gentrification. ARIELLA ROTRAMEL is the Vandana Shiva assistant professor of gender, sexuality and intersectionality studies at Connecticut College. |