The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact: Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever
- 3h 45m
- Latanya Mapp Frett
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2023
An invigorating exploration of impactful feminist movements and strategies for replicating their success
In The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, accomplished feminist activist and executive Latanya Mapp Frett delivers a powerful and practical exploration of the factors that make a feminist social movement impactful in its place and time. In the book, you'll discover popular and not-so-popular social movements and the leaders, art, research, and narratives that drove them.
The author explains what made these social movements so effective and explains the steps that organizations, nonprofits, and social impact professionals can take to replicate that success on the ground and in the present.
The book also includes:
- Discussions of the importance of feminist funds in bankrolling critical feminist movements
- Explanations of the roles played by men and boys in building a feminist futur
- Actionable and straightforward advice applicable to everyone trying to make a difference for women around the world
An essential text for feminist advocates who find themselves in an increasingly challenging political and social environment, The Everyday Feminist is the practical blueprint to social change that lawmakers, activists, entrepreneurs, and non-profit professionals have been waiting for.
About the Author
Latanya Mapp Frett is President and CEO of Global Fund For Women, a nonprofit foundation and leading funder of gender justice movements worldwide. She is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and serves as Board Director for Oxfam and Management Sciences for Health. She is the former Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction—My Story and Challenging the Feminist Funding Gap
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What is an Everyday Feminist and Why Do They Matter for Social Impact?
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Leading Social Movements for Sustainable Impact
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How We're Failing to Fund Our Most Powerful Change Agents—Everyday Feminists
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Stay in the Game Even When You Win
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If It Walks and Talks Like a Feminist Leader, Follow
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Feminists Work for Men and Boys, Too
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The Closer You Are to Impact Matters
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Remember the Past … to Craft the Future
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If the System Is Broke, Let a Feminist Fix It—In Any Sector
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Quality Partnership is a Thing—Take Real and Unique Steps Together
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Start Feminism Young
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Why You Need the Everyday Feminist
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Why Everyday Feminists Need You
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Don't Re‐create the Wheel: The Role of Feminist Funds
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ConclusionUnleashing the Power of the Everyday Feminist for Us and Our World
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