Bringing Intersectionality Theory to Life: Storying Experiences of Navigating the Triple Pandemics Through Cellphilming as Activist Scholarship

In the winter of 2022, we gathered a group of 9 Black women working in the health and social service sectors to create cellphilms that share what it has been like navigating the triple pandemics of HIV, COVID-19 and Racial Injustice. Drawing on Activist Scholarship principles and Intersectionality theory, we share the key themes emerging from their work: Living through the triple pandemics as a Black person; Grief and loss; Mental health; Taking care of others as you are struggling; Resistance and self-care. Finally, we examine the possibilities for transformational change that were afforded through the process of making our cellphilms, stitching them into a composite and sharing our work.