Everyday Feminist: Driving movements we need now more than ever

The CUNY SPH Sexual and Reproductive Justice Hub, in partnership with the Global Fund for Women, welcomes Latanya Mapp, author of The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact – Driving Movements We Need Now More Than Ever, in conversation with Terry McGovern, Pradeepa Jeeva, and Tarana Burke for an invigorating exploration of impactful feminist movements and strategies for success.

In The Everyday Feminist, accomplished feminist activist and executive Latanya Mapp 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 future
• 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.

SPEAKERS

Latanya Mapp
President and CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Latanya Mapp is the President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), a global nonprofit with a mission to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world. Previously, Mapp was president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women and, prior to that, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global, the international arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Preceding this, Mapp worked eight years as a human rights officer for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and 10 years with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). An attorney by training, Mapp began her career at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in Washington, DC.

Pradeepa Jeeva
Vice President of Brand & Culture, Global Fund for Women

Pradeepa Jeeva (she/her/hers) is the VP of Brand & Culture at Global Fund for Women. Jeeva is an accomplished media executive with a strong commitment to creating impactful content and driving social change. Pradeepa’s leadership has been instrumental in spearheading impactful initiatives for organizations such as Planned Parenthood Global, International Republican Institute, Bedsider.org, ViiV Healthcare, and the truth® Initiative. Jeeva’s passion lies in harnessing the power of media and technology to empower marginalized communities and create sustainable opportunities.

Tarana Burke
Founder & Chief Vision Officer, me too. International

For more than 25 years, activist, advocate, and author Tarana J. Burke has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice. Fueled by commitments to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, Burke has created and led various campaigns focused on increasing access to resources and support for impacted communities, including the ‘me too.’ Movement, which has galvanized millions of survivors and allies around the world, and the me too. International nonprofit organization, founded in 2018.

MODERATOR

Terry McGovern
Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, CUNY SPH

Terry McGovern is the Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. Prior to joining CUNY SPH, Terry McGovern was the Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor and chair of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Prior to joining Columbia in 2002, McGovern served as senior program officer in the Gender, Rights, and Equality Unit of the Ford Foundation, where she oversaw global and domestic programming relating to HIV, gender, LGBT, and human rights. In 1989, McGovern founded the HIV Law Project, where she served as executive director until 1999.