Andrew Sta. Ana is One of 20 U.S. Leaders Selected for Vision, Leadership to Create a World Where Girls and Women Can Live Free from Violence
New York City — Today, Andrew Sta. Ana, of Day One New York, was named by the NoVo Foundation as one of 20 new leaders selected to join its groundbreaking Move to End Violence program, a 10-year program to strengthen leaders and organizations, and build a breakthrough movement to end violence against girls and women in the United States.
“These leaders have shown incredible vision and leadership in their day-to-day work, confronting violence of girls and women and in their communities,” said Jennifer Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation. “The Move to End Violence program is an effort to honor their forward thinking and power their potential to create the change needed so that girls and women are free from violence and can lead the way to a better world.”
Andrew is an attorney and native of Staten Island. He joins a growing community of Movement Makers working together to envision, build, and lead a powerful movement to end violence against girls and women in the United States. Leaders selected for the Move to End Violence program begin their work with a group of extraordinary peers in an intensive, two-year capacity building program that includes: time and space to explore critical movement questions, transformative leadership development and organizational development, social change skills and liberatory practices.
“It is an extraordinary privilege to work alongside these visionary activists,” stated Sta. Ana. “This partnership with the NoVo Foundation and the other Movement Makers allows Day One more opportunities to center the experiences of young survivors and build a world without dating abuse.”
Day One partners with youth to end dating abuse and domestic violence because 1 in 3 young people nationwide experiences abuse in a dating relationship. The organization raises awareness of the warning signs of abuse, educates youth and adults about the issue, delivers assistance to young people already experiencing harm, and improves policies and systems that affect young survivors.
Over ten years, the Move to End Violence program will connect and strengthen hundreds of advocates and organizations, investing in a national network of committed leaders with the skills and shared vision to work in alignment together to end violence against girls and women.
“We are delighted to name Andrew Sta. Ana and Day One as partners in this effort,” said Jackie Payne, Move to End Violence director. “We look forward to supporting Andrew and the other ‘Movement Makers’ as they transform themselves, their organizations, and their work together to create lasting change for all girls and women.”
More information on the Move to End Violence program or Day One is available at www.movetoendviolence.org and www.dayoneny.org.
