Latanya Mapp
“Latanya is a visionary leader and inspiring mentor. She brings passion to her position, especially for the rights, needs and brighter futures of young people.
Latanya Mapp is a globally recognized strategist, former diplomat, and visionary executive with over two decades of leadership across the United Nations, U.S. foreign service, philanthropy, and global NGOs. As former President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and the Global Fund for Women, Ms. Mapp scaled organizations to global impact, overseeing hundreds of millions in philanthropic investment and advocacy.
An attorney by training, she began her career with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later held senior roles with UNICEF, USAID, and Planned Parenthood Global. Her honors include the U.S. State Department’s Superior Honor Award, the Colin Powell Fellowship, and recognition on Forbes’ “50 Over 50 for Impact” and “50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy.”
Ms. Mapp currently advises C-suite leaders and boards through the Navigate AI Collaborative, and serves on the boards of Fondation CHANEL, Luminate Foundation, and MSH. She is also a published author, Columbia professor, and Executive Producer of the Emmy-nominated Fundamental documentary series.
THE EVERYDAY FEMINIST: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact -Driving Movements We Need Now
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THE EVERYDAY FEMINIST: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact -Driving Movements We Need Now
by Latanya Mapp Frett
If we are serious about our social impact goals and our giving and ESG-minded efforts, we can no longer afford to underappreciate, overlook, and underfund what has historically been our most crucial lever for transformative social change: Everyday feminist women. The modern, everyday feminist working as a change agent within social movements—whether launching, growing, or sustaining them—has proven to be a critical maximizer for success. And not just for women’s and gender issues but for causes that span the social spectrum. Resourcing the everyday feminist and the movements they champion is today’s most neglected but powerful pathway to real, sustainable social change, locally and across the globe. Especially for communities in greatest need.
Although these everyday feminists are pivotal movement-builders and key to sustaining momentum on a social issue, they are precisely the people who tend NOT to get noticed or supported. There are myriad reasons why. From being more difficult for funders to find than the easier landing spots of big, well-established, traditional nonprofits to not fitting the mold of people typically entrusted with grants, the everyday feminist is perennially over-achieving but under-supported. It’s time we close the feminist funding gap, be bold in our choices of whom and how we support, and listen to the lessons of these extraordinary women share on transformational social impact