"We’re hoping it can change lives as well as movement and organizing work."

"There’s always a lot of things when it comes to Black people in America, where it can make a young person feel like, why even try? It can create so many mental barriers for a young person. So if I can do my part in trying to break those down before they even build up, I’m gonna do that."

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We cover picking a price point, promoting your sponsorships, developing ethical guidelines, and how sponsors help us make MVC.

How we think about and use crowdfunding at MVC, and what social justice/feminist/community platforms can learn from us.

Building sustainable funding that supports your mission and goals, allows you to grow, and develops community connection.

We spoke to Aniyia about the wearable tech market, raising seed funding, building your founding team and where Tinsel is going.