A Note From GenderAvenger Co-Founder Gina Glantz
After many years of watching men — and only men — speak from stages, appear in print as experts, and pontificate on tv, I decided to move my private annoyance to public rage/exasperation/indignation. After seeing a Harvard Kennedy School event featuring 5 white men and a Wall Street Journal conference ad picturing 17 men, co-founder Susan Askew and I began to plot and hatched an idea that ultimately became GenderAvenger.
The theory of change is simple: individual voices amplified by the power of a committed online community can affect change.
With the investment of Founding Funders - Susan Askew, Nikki Heidepriem, Mellody Hobson, Tom Nides, and Christine Varney - GenderAvenger went public in (2014/2015?). Since then, it has become an ever-growing community of men and women committed to taking action to ensure that women are always part of the public dialog.
I waited too long to go public loudly. GenderAvenger is, and always will be, for those who refuse to wait. We know individuals can hold organizations accountable and drive change to ensure women’s voices are heard. Community efforts have sparked change across sectors, from the stage at the largest electronics show in the world to the halls of the U.S. Congress and even at the local school board meeting. Our tools give everyone the ability to measure, draw attention to, and address the gaps in gender equality while rewarding those who are doing it right.
The collaboration with All In Together means we can be even bolder, expand our community of activists and advocates, and turn up the volume – because equality won’t happen on its own.
Together, we will influence change from the top down and bottom up by continuing to speak out, rewrite the rules, and work with those who hold power to change the system.
Gina Glantz
