Non Profit   #BLKPWRD CAMPAIGN

LOS ANGELES — B.L.A.C.K. A.F. is launching a new podcast, aimed at boosting Black non-profits that are currently active in creating positive change within the Black community. The #BLKPRWD campaign will feature 12 Black non-profits, the first of which is Atlanta-based Project 31, a group that works to support and empower young women of color in Black communities across the country.

 

The podcast will be available on all major music streaming platforms and youtube @moonshynetv. The podcast, starting February 1, 2021, will bring fans together to debate and go geek over their favorite anime, movies, comic books and video games from a Black perspective.

 

“The biggest comic-book companies have a plethora of black characters that are underrepresented in the comics and related movies and video games,” Alexander Assefa of B.L.A.C.K. A.F. said. “We will bring some of them to the forefront on our podcast and the related art while we are using their underdog status to bring a new way of looking at the work of our featured non-profits.”

 

A Podcast with a Fundraising Twist

Each month, the #BLKPWRD crowdfunding campaign will highlight the featured non-profits’ projects. The show will amplify the non-profit’s message by visually linking current comic book characters of color to the work of the featured non-profit on T-shirts designed by Black independent artists who creatively support these just causes. During the weekly virtual live podcast, fans and listeners will have the chance to win these custom-designed shirts through a raffle, with proceeds going toward each non-profit. The goal is to create the synergy of black art, creating black business, to support a black cause.