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 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.
By:
Latanya Mapp Frett
Foreword by:
Cecile Richards
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 231mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781119890461
ISBN 10: 1119890462
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 16 March 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Foreword xxi Introduction: My Story and Challenging the Feminist Funding Gap xxv Part I The Underappreciated, Under-Resourced But Overachieving Everyday Feminist 1 Chapter 1 What Is an Everyday Feminist and Why Do They Matter for Social Impact? 3 Chapter 2 Leading Social Movements for Sustainable Impact 21 Chapter 3 How We're Failing to Fund Our Most Powerful Change Agents--Everyday Feminists 39 Part II The Everyday Feminist in Action 51 Chapter 4 Stay in the Game Even When You Win 53 Chapter 5 If It Walks and Talks Like a Feminist Leader, Follow 67 Chapter 6 Feminists Work for Men and Boys, Too 77 Chapter 7 The Closer You Are to Impact Matters 89 Chapter 8 Remember the Past . . . to Craft the Future 103 Chapter 9 If the System Is Broke, Let a Feminist Fix It--In Any Sector 115 Chapter 10 Quality Partnership Is a Thing: Take Real and Unique Steps Together 127 Chapter 11 Start Feminism Young 141 Part III Getting on Board with the Everyday Feminist 151 Chapter 12 Why You Need the Everyday Feminist 153 Chapter 13 Why Everyday Feminists Need You 161 Chapter 14 Don't Re-create the Wheel: The Role of Feminist Funds 167 Conclusion: Unleashing the Power of the Everyday Feminist for Us and Our World 177 Notes 185 Resources 195 About the Author 199 Index 201
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.
