Web3 + representation
How are BIPOC-led nonprofits using Web3 and blockchain?
BIPOC-led nonprofits are using Web3 and blockchain events and communities as a platform for representation — creating space for Black, Indigenous, and racialized founders, artists, and advocates in an industry where they are routinely underrepresented. THE DOPE CONTENT, through its BIPOC ACCESS initiative, hosted the BIPOC ACCESS Web3 Conference at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ontario, and its BIPOC ACCESS Podcast has interviewed founders working in this space at conferences across Canada.
BIPOC ACCESS creates pathways for Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities to gain skills, confidence, and access to digital tools. It includes workshops, the BIPOC ACCESS Podcast, interviews with leaders, the online community, and educational resources. That mandate extends into Web3 specifically: a two-day conference at THEMUSEUM gave the region’s BIPOC creators, technologists, and entrepreneurs a room built around them, and the BIPOC ACCESS Podcast has carried that focus into interviews recorded at other Web3 and blockchain events.
The clip below is one of those interviews — recorded at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, a third-party event THE DOPE CONTENT covered rather than organized. It sits alongside the Web3 Conference the organization hosted itself in Kitchener; both are part of the same throughline of making sure BIPOC voices are actually in the room when these conversations happen.
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What is the BIPOC ACCESS Web3 Conference?
A two-day event THE DOPE CONTENT hosted at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ontario, bringing BIPOC creators, technologists, and entrepreneurs together around Web3 and blockchain. It is the most fully documented event in the organization’s archive — see the full photo and video gallery on the Events page.
Who organizes BIPOC ACCESS?
BIPOC ACCESS creates pathways for Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities to gain skills, confidence, and access to digital tools. It includes workshops, the BIPOC ACCESS Podcast, interviews with leaders, the online community, and educational resources. It includes the BIPOC ACCESS Podcast, the La Raza Artist Development Project, community resources, and a moderated Discord.
Where can I watch more interviews like this one?
The BIPOC ACCESS Podcast channel on YouTube carries the full interviews, including ones recorded at other Web3 and blockchain events THE DOPE CONTENT has covered.
How do I get involved with BIPOC ACCESS?
Join the Discord at https://discord.gg/UPzBqcRdJ3, listen to the podcast, or email hello@thedopecontent.com to ask about the next conference or workshop.
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