Do you use twitter? So do we.! Be sure to follow us at @cryptoharlem.. While you are at it follow our executive director and founder Matt miMchell at @geminiimatt. Last but not least also follow co-lead and livestream host, Sarah Aoun @sa0un ..read more

No y'all it is not Photoshop, that is really us on the cover of the December 17th issue of Newsweek. Feels good to shine do bright for the people. Shining a light on CryptoHarlem is shining a light into the shadows, shadows that allow surveillance & digital harms to grow. It is so surreal and the squad still can't get over it. Gratitude and respect to everyone who we support & supports us. Special thank you to Nick Lee, who made the photo. Special thank you to Meghan Gunn for the reporting. Nesweek’s team had been working on the “50 Disruptors” story for months. It's so dope to see it ..read more

image by: jacob vera / unsplash So grateful to be named along with the project I founded CryptoHarlem, an EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) 2021 Pioneer Award recipient! Blown away to be joining friends, peers, and other orgs who fight for the digital rights of all people. Names like Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timnit Gebru, Deborah Raji, Oakland Privacy, Malkia Cyril, The Citizen Lab, The Mozilla Foundation, Bruce Schneier, to name a few past honorees. I am dedicating this award to Jelani, Sheem, the Henri Family, and many others whose names we will never know. Survivors of "digital stop and fris ..read more

Matt Mitchell, the founder of Cryptoharlem was named a WIRED25 for his work with CryptoHarlem supporting marginalized communities. The list of the 25 “People Who Are Making Things Better, The scientists, technologists, artists, and chefs who are standing between us and species collapse.” according to Wired Magazine. The list includes scientist Anthony Fauci Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and filmmaker Ava DuVernay to name a few. Matt also took part in a conversation with Avi Schiffmann, Founder, The Coronavirus Tracker on “How To Securely Protest”. Read more ..read more

  Arlington Hall’s African American unit at the National Security Agency from Liza Mundy’s book “Code Girls” Hidden but Vital Figures  As with the most of the American experience at the time the initial African American code breaks went from military to Army Security Agency (ASA) a precursor to the NSA, and then Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), were segregated into their own units and offices. Since the earliest of cyphers, as long as there has been ciphertext there have been black and brown cryptographers. Whether they were special messages of faith, military movements, or path ..read more