GO Proudly Presents: 100 Women We Love, Class Of 2020

Roz Lee

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For Roz Lee, helping the community through philanthropy, organizing, legislative advocacy, and popular education is just another day. As current Vice President of Strategy and Programs at the Ms. Foundation for Women, Lee leads the effort to invest in and strengthen the ability of women-led movements — specifically those created by women of color — to develop meaningful social, political, and economic change in the lives of all. Previously, Lee worked as the Director of Social Justice Initiatives at the Arcus Foundation, where she designed and implemented global and domestic philanthropic strategies at the intersection of race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. A native New Yorker living in Harlem, she was also a founding co-chair of the five-year Out in the South Initiative, which aimed to leverage $60 million in support of queer communities in the southern United States. Lee also serves on the steering committee of Grantmakers for Southern Progress, a network of southern-based and national philanthropists dedicated to advancing structural change and equitable outcomes in their region. Lee has proudly focused all her time on using philanthropic efforts to help those who have had the least access to them leverage funding and build mutually beneficial relationships, and her entire career has been dedicated to advancing justice at all its intersections — especially now during the Black Lives Matter revolution. “LGBTQ justice is racial justice,” Lee tells GO. “It’s especially important to remember during this passageway in our society and movements.” —IL


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