Natasha Harris-Harb, Student

As a young feminist activist, and co-leader of a nonprofit and community organizer, Natasha (she/her) works to ensure young activists are co-creators in philanthropy and in nonprofit spaces. This is her third year as the Youth Leadership Advisor at the United Nations Girls Education Initiative where she nurtures an intergenerational partnership where youth in their diversity can fully participate in all processes in achieving gender equality in and through education.

Natasha has worked with Plan International and CODE, and is co-leader of Chalk Back, a global youth-led movement that addresses gender-based street harassment through street art and social media. Natasha and her co-lead mobilize over 150 young activists in 50 countries in six continents. She’s also the co-founder of @catcallsofottawa.

Natasha is passionate about feminist leadership, flexible funding and growing a community of solidarity. Through the MPNL program, she hopes to contribute to a new normal where the funding ecosystem is co-created by and for girl- and youth-led movements. As well, she hopes to explore how feminist philanthropy and nonprofit leadership can shift traditional power dynamics. She holds a BA Honours in International Development with a Minor in Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa, where she graduated in 2018.