Insider profiled Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Academy at the conclusion of its program for Marcy Houses in Brooklyn.
“I remember when I was younger, growing up in the project, him and his team would come and give us toys and things like that. My friends and I would call it this kind of ‘hood philanthropy,'” she said. “So for me, this is kind of like an evolution of that.”
Inkling Agency Lamar Wilson, an instructor in the Academy and founder of Black Bitcoin Billionaire, related that he had connected with Jack Dorsey and developed a proposal for the program after he had seen Dorsey “lurk” in the audience of the educational Clubhouse clubs he hosted.
Because I understand the information and I can break it down into a vernacular that others can understand, especially folks from where I’m from, I feel like it’s almost my obligation to make sure I get the information to them, and it’s not to like recommend them to buy bitcoin or try to get them to invest all their money or anything like that.
“So in this country, there hasn’t been an easy way to hold onto wealth from generation to generation.
Earlier this year, SCF helped launch the Josh Dubin Fellowship, an intensive and experiential social justice program where $10,000 are awarded to five students annually.
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