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Chapter 6 explores the Black Girl Hockey Club (BGHC) as an emerging Black feminist social movement, highlighting how founder Renee Hess cultivated community, redistributed leadership, and developed strategic partnerships to transform hockey culture. Through digital activism and intentional organizing, BGHC challenged patriarchal and white-dominated norms in sport, positioning Black women at the centre of its vision for racial justice. The chapter analyzes Renee’s mixed-race identity, care-centred leadership style, and resistance to the “Black superwoman” archetype, arguing that BGHC models a decolonized, intersectional approach to organizational governance. It documents how BGHC mobilized social capital, resisted co-optation by corporate or institutional interests, and fostered accountability through feminist practices of care, community-building, and collective empowerment. BGHC’s sphere of influence, online and offline, has positioned it as a key force in anti-racist transformation in hockey, while also revealing the burdens and possibilities of Black women’s leadership in sport.

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‘This Is How We Do It’—An Emerging Black Feminist Movement?

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    2026年

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  • Sabrina Razack

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Chapter 6 explores the Black Girl Hockey Club (BGHC) as an emerging Black feminist social movement, highlighting how founder Renee Hess cultivated community, redistributed leadership, and developed strategic partnerships to transform hockey culture. Through digital activism and intentional organizing, BGHC challenged patriarchal and white-dominated norms in sport, positioning Black women at the centre of its vision for racial justice. The chapter analyzes Renee’s mixed-race identity, care-centred leadership style, and resistance to the “Black superwoman” archetype, arguing that BGHC models a decolonized, intersectional approach to organizational governance. It documents how BGHC mobilized social capital, resisted co-optation by corporate or institutional interests, and fostered accountability through feminist practices of care, community-building, and collective empowerment. BGHC’s sphere of influence, online and offline, has positioned it as a key force in anti-racist transformation in hockey, while also revealing the burdens and possibilities of Black women’s leadership in sport.