Matthew Kavanagh

Director of US Advocacy: Matthew has worked with a wide variety of NGOs and social-movement organizations in the US, Latin America, and Southern Africa.
He was previously the Global Campaigns Director for the RESULTS Educational Fund and Executive Director of Global Justice, working on policy and organizing surrounding global health, trade, and development issues. His organizing work has ranged from water rights and Apartheid reparations campaigns in Johannesburg to racial justice work with the Boston Youth Organizing Project. Matthew has been interviewed in outlets ranging from the Washington Post to the BBC to Al Jazeera and writes regularly for the Huffington Post.
He holds a BA in Political Science from Vassar College and a Masters in Community Organizing and Education from Harvard University.