Carla DeSantis Black
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Carla DeSantis Black is a world-renowned activist, lecturer, life coach, musician, and journalist. A prominent advocate for women in music in the United States, she founded the first national publication for female musicians in the United States, ROCKRGRL
Magazine (1994–2005), and served as its publisher and editor-in-chief. She also produced two critically acclaimed ROCKRGRL Music Conferences in 2000 and 2005 for the purpose of building a sense of community for women in music. In 2010, she founded Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women, an organization dedicated to making women’s voices heard in all genres of music.
DeSantis lectures extensively on the topic of gender disparity in rock, and has written for numerous publications, including Rolling Stone
and The Seattle Times
. In 2006, she was named one of the "50 Most Influential People In Seattle music" by Seattle (Sound) magazine and has twice been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award by Seattle Weekly
. She is also a three-time elected member of the governing board of the Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy, a Grammy organization.
ROCKRGRL
ROCKRGRL was the first national publication for female musicians in the United States. Created by Carla DeSantis, the magazine purely focused on women in music and highlighted the artistic diversity of women musicians, often overlooked in mainstream culture...
Magazine (1994–2005), and served as its publisher and editor-in-chief. She also produced two critically acclaimed ROCKRGRL Music Conferences in 2000 and 2005 for the purpose of building a sense of community for women in music. In 2010, she founded Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women, an organization dedicated to making women’s voices heard in all genres of music.
DeSantis lectures extensively on the topic of gender disparity in rock, and has written for numerous publications, including Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
and The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times is a newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, US. It is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. It has been, since the demise in 2009 of the printed version of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's only major daily print newspaper.-History:The Seattle Times...
. In 2006, she was named one of the "50 Most Influential People In Seattle music" by Seattle (Sound) magazine and has twice been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award by Seattle Weekly
Seattle Weekly
Seattle Weekly is a freely distributed newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded by Darrell Oldham and David Brewster as The Weekly...
. She is also a three-time elected member of the governing board of the Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy, a Grammy organization.