“A girl with a book is a girl who is unstoppable.”
- Havana Chapman-Edwards
Havana Chapman-Edwards
Havana Chapman-Edwards (aka The Tiny Diplomat) is a 11-year-old United States diplomat living in Frankfurt, Germany with her family. She is a passionate community organizer, philanthropist, public speaker, and humanitarian as well as an actor and model.
She is the founder and executive director of Girls Have Rights which is a youth-powered global non-profit providing education through diplomacy to eliminate barriers so girls have access to their basic human rights.
Press
January 2021
International Literary Association, 30 under 30
Fall 2020
American Girl: LOVE THE EARTH
October 2020
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
Time Magazine, September 2019
Guns In America
Today Show, October 2019
18 under 18 Ground-breakers in 2019
Today Show, August 2019
Kids in the Spotlight: Learn more about 10 amazing kids and causes important to them
Projects
Black Girl Joy Challenge
Join Girls Have Rights this month to bring some Black girl joy around the world while making it more attainable for girls to reach their STEM goals. Resources are critical to making education equitable for everyone. When Black girls have less access to resources, they fall behind their peers. Donate to help us deliver STEM gifts to Black girls in the United States, and around the world during the holiday season.
Featured on Apple TV Plus- Dear…
Havana was featured in the Dear Yara episode of the Apple TV plus documentary following young gun violence prevention activists who advocate for better protection laws in the United States.
Featured on NBC’s Little Big Shots
Havana was featured in Season 4 of NBC’s Little Big Shots produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Melissa McCarthy. She talked about her life as a diplomat kid and her goal to see more Black kids with access to home libraries through her book club Rhymers are Readers #37books.