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.
My first book, THE EVERYDAY FEMINIST: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact -Driving Movements We Need Now, is coming out on International Women's Day 8 March '23. The foreword is by Cecile Richards. Writing this book was an opportunity to bring attention to women who do the unthinkable in the most challenging circumstances, often with little or no credit and almost no funding from the philanthropic and development communities.
Below is the message of the book and attached is the Galley and Q/A which provides more background. I am happy to send the full draft manuscript as well if you are interested.
I look forward to sharing more information about both the book project as well as Global Fund for Women. And for the purposes of pre-ordering, here is the link to the amazon page which has more author information. https://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Feminist-Sustainable-Driving-Movements/dp/1119890462/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QS64G5K0D1T7&keywords=latanya+mapp+frett&qid=1672949032&sprefix=%2Caps%2C984&sr=8-1
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