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The history of Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) in Oakland and San Jose, California, over nearly three decades provides a vivid illustration of social movement intersectionality in action, of the logic of intersectionality inside an organized movement for social change, and of the utility of intersectionality to expose the diffuse and differential nature of interlocking forms of oppression. The article discusses the origins of the concept of intersectionality, both in scholarly circles and as part of a long history of social movement struggle in the United States. Drawing on ethnographic work and archival documents, it illuminates how this community-based organization has embraced intersectionality as a vital part of the everyday work of social movement mobilizations: as a framework for analyzing the interlocking arenas of gender, family, work, and nation in the experience of immigrant women workers; as a reflexive approach for linking social movement theory and practice; and finally as a guiding structure for promoting “peer leadership” and new, more inclusive forms of democratic activity.