Date: March 9, 2026
Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Type: In-person
Location: Salvation Army, 221 E. 52nd St., New York, NY
Register: http://bit.ly/SahiyoCSW
This parallel event examines how anti-Blackness, racial hierarchies, and harmful “severity” framings undermine solidarity and harm survivors. Drawing on Sahiyo’s Critical Intersections Research Project and a 2025 global convening, the session will highlight how racialized narratives distort understanding and response to FGM/C. A survivor-advocate panel will share lived experiences of bias across African and Asian communities, followed by small-group discussions on challenging harmful narratives and advancing survivor-centered, anti-racist approaches. Grounded in trauma-informed facilitation, this session fosters honest dialogue, solidarity, and a reimagining of the movement through an anti-colonial lens.