University of South Florida Andrea Jenkins Black Women Perspective PPT

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Research Presentation—Black Women’s Activism Against Racism, Sexism Homophobia and other intersectional issues

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Please select one of the following names below. Create a PowerPoint presentation on the anti-racism/anti-sexism/anti-homophobia activism of a contemporary Black woman. In other words, you will explore the ways in which this person’s activism (through political leadership, writing, artistic expression, etc ) addresses race, gender and other interconnected aspects of Black women’s lives. Your presentation should be 10-12 slides and include the following:

  1. Introductory slide with course number, your name and the topic of your presentation (5 points)
  2. Biographical information and images on the subject of your research (10 points)
  3. Discussion of the subject’s work/activism (20 points)
  4. Analysis of the ways in which this woman’s activism, writing or art reflects a Black feminist perspective. (30 points). In this class we have studied Black feminism and intersectionality. Your analysis is a discussion of the ways that gender, race, sexuality or other social factors come together or are clearly visible in this woman's work. How does the activist describe the goals of her work? How do the products of her work illustrate the intersection of gender, race, sexuality or other social factors? This is an important component of your project. Please give this section your close attention.
  5. How has this woman’s work contributed to social change in the U.S? (15 points)
  6. Chicago Manual of Style in-text citation of at least 3 references in your presentation slides. (10 points)
  7. Correct bibliographic style of these references on the last slide. (10 points)

Please select one of the following for your research presentation:

Nikole Hannah-Jones Alicia Garza

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Lori Lightfoot Rachel Cargle

Ilhan Omar Rue Mapp

Susan Rice Majora Carter

Bernice King Lisa Jackson

Lateefah Simon Michelle Alexander

Barbara Smith Tarana Burke

Patrisse Khan-Cullers Faye Wattleton

Faith Ringgold Kimberlé Crenshaw

Pearl Cleage Eleanor Holmes Norton

Andrea Jenkins Deborah Willis

Nadine Smith

Carrie Mae Weems Errin Haines

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Andrea Jenkins’s black women perspective

Biographical information



Andrea Jenkins was born in 1961 .she was raised by a working class and single mother
in North Lawndale in Chicago.



Andrea is known a politician, policy aide, poet, transgender activist, writer, and
performance artist.



Andrea Jenkins was the first black transgender women to be elected as a Minneapolis
City council in United States

Andrea Jenkins black women perspective

Biographical information


Andrea joined the University of Minnesota in 1979 and later worked for decades in
public offices.



At 20 years old, Andreas represented as a gay and married a woman where they had
kids. However, they later divorced.



At the age of thirty, she started to represent women outwardly where she went back to
college to obtain two masters in creative writing.



Jenkins is identified as a queer and a bisexual with an 8 years partner.



However, in 2018 she was diagnosed with sclerosis.



Besides, she has chaired as the board of intermedia Arts and in movements regarding
Trans Lives matters.

Andrea Jenkins’s black women perspective

subject’s work/activism


Andrea Jenkins acts as the vice president of Minneapolis city council since 2018.



However, Jenkins has various works as an activism towards transgender, performance artist, writer, and
poet.



She is actively involved in community activities



She fights for the inequalities in black community in terms regarding color and speaking.



Jenkins has made history as being the first transgender women to be elected in the public offices in the
United States.



She also led to the election of two other African American in the c...


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