Noting a Lack of Diversity, Vanessa Valenti Created an Org to Deal With the Problem

Regular readers of PRNewser know the industry’s attempts to grapple with diversity is, to put it kindly, a work in progress. While on the speaker circuit, Vanessa Valenti of Valenti Martin Media, a consultancy that helps brands share their message to effect social change, looked at the problem as it pertained to the endless supply of white male speakers dominating the keynote landscape. She decided to tackle the problem herself, just as she’d done when she co-founded Feministing.com in 2004, at a time when there were no prominent online communities for young feminists.