Over the years, Social Justice Week not only showcased brilliant artists, scholars and activists, it also provided students with skills building workshops and offered them concrete advice on how to go about making progressive change in their immediate communities and the wider world. These words of wisdom came from people with a track record of positive impact as community leaders. People like Angela Robertson.

Angela Robertson is a lesbian feminist author and activist working on issues affecting low income, Black, racialized, women’s and LGBTQ communities. She is widely respected for implementing life-transforming programs for women in Toronto, and has served as a board member for many influential community organizations.

She is currently Executive Director of Queen West - Central Toronto Community Health Centre. Among other publications, she co-edited ‘Scratching the Surface: Canadian Anti-Racist Feminist Thought’.

She has been a board member of Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention; Houselink Community Homes; and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

In this episode from SJW 2014, Angela Robertson unpacks the concept of intersectionality. She shares strategies for creating a more just world and reflects onthe importance of building alliances.

Host: Kiké Roach
Editor: Eunice Addo