Mandy Van Deven is a philanthropy consultant — with particular emphasis on gender, racial, and economic justice and fortifying the infrastructure for narrative power. She is a contributor t
Inside Philanthropy
the co-author o
“Hey, Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in School and on the Streets”
(2011) and the editor o
Polyphonic Feminisms: Acting in Concert
She has written for

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, The Guardian,

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, GlobalPost,

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(India), and Newsweek.

Background

Van Deven was raised in Athens, Georgia and attended Georgia State University in Atlanta, where she got involved in social justice activism and independent media. She moved to New York City in 2003 and became a community organizer a
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE)
She has a Master of Social Work (Organizational Management and Leadership) from the Silberman School of Social Work at

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...

Career

Van Deven has written about many topics, including philanthropy, making humanitarian aid more accountable, race, poverty in America, child marriage, women's safety in public spaces, and global health. She was the guest editor of the Summer 2010 issue of

Barnard Center for Research on Women The Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) is a nexus of feminist thought, activism, and collaboration for scholars and activists. Since its founding in 1971, BCRW has promoted women's and social justice issues to its local communities at ...

's online journal, “The Scholar & Feminist Online.” The issue was entitle
Polyphonic Feminisms: Acting in Concert
In 2011, she co-authore
“Hey, Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in School and on the Streets”
with Girls for Gender Equity's founder and executive director, Joanne N. Smith, and former director of community organizing, Meghan Huppuch. Van Deven has spoken to audiences throughout the United States, including at Barnard College and

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. She has been featured in Mic,

, In These Times, Progressive Radio, and Alternet.Bader, Eleanor J. (May 13, 2013) Men Step Up to Support Women's Rights and Fight Violence

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Selected bibliography

“Hey, Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in School and on the Streets”
(2011). Feminist Press.

References

External links

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Inside Philanthropy

The Guardian

Salon

Newsweek

Refinery29
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