Startup Stories: Blackbelt Media

1201 Oak St.,Conway AR 72032

21 September, 2022

Description

Join Conductor for our Startup Story with Blackbelt Media! Adena J. White is an accredited public relations professional and social-impact storyteller with 15 years of experience leading communications efforts for place-based nonprofit organizations. In 2017, Adena founded Blackbelt Media to tell the stories of changemakers working to make the South a better place for all. Blackbelt Media produces the Blackbelt Voices podcast, which tells stories from and about Black folks down South that honor Black history, celebrate Black Southern culture, and shape the future of the region. Since it launched in September 2019, the podcast has been featured by Apple Podcasts, Oprah Daily, and Vanity Fair. Through Blackbelt Media, Adena contracts with cause-driven organizations across the South on storytelling and strategic communication. She joined the Excel by Eight team in July 2022 as its communications director and has provided communications support to the Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative since May 2021. Lunch will be provided for attendees.