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- BlogMon, 24 Feb 2020
Highlighting Black + LGBT Pioneers: Audre LordeAudre Lorde described herself as a “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,”. A native New Yorker, daughter of West Indian immigrants, she became an influential black feminist thinker, essayist, memoirist and novelist. She focused her prose and poetry on the complexities of sexual and racial identity through a... more...
- BlogThu, 20 Feb 2020
Highlighting Black + LGBT Pioneers: Marsha P....Outspoken transgender activist, fashion icon, drag performer and pioneer Marsha P. Johnson began to wear dresses at the age of 5. As it so often happens, other children teased, harassed and bullied her to the point where she eventually stopped. Not until she graduated high school and moved to New York City—with $15 and a... more...
- BlogTue, 18 Feb 2020
58th Commission for Social DevelopmentOur organization’s engagement with the United Nations serves to enhance and bolster our deep commitment to global peacemaking, social justice and advocacy for the world’s most vulnerable populations. For the 58th Commission for Social Development at the United Nations, Intersections International staffer, Jude Wetherell,... more...
- BlogTue, 18 Feb 2020
Highlighting Black + LGBT Pioneers: Willi NinjaWilli Ninja, born William Roscoe Leake, was an American choreographer and dancer known for his iconic dance style featured in the movie Paris is Burning. Identifying as a gay man, Ninja’s distinctive dance style was inspired by Fred Astaire, young Michael Jackson, Olympic gymnasts, Asian culture and haute couture. Although Ninja... more...
- BlogThu, 6 Feb 2020
Reflections on The Year of Return I N T R O D U C T I O N From surfing across all social media platforms, to detailed google docs managing multiple itineraries and group messages between friends and family, The Year of Return made its way across the Atlantic into the palms of our hands. Marking the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans leaving the shores of the... more...
- BlogWed, 5 Feb 2020
World Interfaith Harmony Week: The Role of...“Don’t remain passive. Speak out! Speak out!” – Adama Dieng, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, reflecting on his work and the need to always speak out against injustice. To commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week, Intersections participated in an event at... more...
- BlogWed, 29 Jan 2020
How the UN is Engaging with Youth and Civil...As the United Nations gears up for its 75th General Assembly in September 2020, an important conversation about whose voices are being heard is currently taking place at the headquarters. On January 29th, Intersections staffers attended the UN75 inaugural launch event titled “Youth in the Driving Seat” with... more...
- BlogMon, 27 Jan 2020
Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance DayJerusalem is one big traffic jam today and an emotional clog. Dozens of world leaders have gathered to honor the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz ahead of the International Holocaust Memorial Day next week. My father survived Auschwitz and didn’t talk much about what really happened there. In one of my first... more...
- BlogTue, 21 Jan 2020
A new dawn: MLK Day 2020Only a few weeks ago, we awoke to the beginning of a new decade with hope, energy and determination. Yet, threads of darkness have already begun to weave themselves into the fabric of this dewy dawn. In the U.S., increasing global instability is adding further pressure to an all-encompassing sense of insecurity. At Intersections... more...
- BlogTue, 21 Jan 2020
Sacred Spaces: OmanThere are many spaces of enlightenment and beauty on this world. One of those spaces is the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. After seven years of construction, the 416,000 square meter site was completed in May of 2001. Hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the... more...
