Join the Detroit Blockchain Collective for Crypto Connect with special guest Shanelle Jackson at the new 225 Speakeasy for a night of connection and ideas shaping the future of Web3.
Shanelle Jackson is the former Michigan state representative and candidate for United States Congress in the 12th District. Shanelle has earned an “A” from Stand With Crypto for being strongly supportive of crypto. She’s also a Government Affairs Leader and House Speaker Pro Tem. She has twenty-one years of Federal, State & Local Issues Advocacy, Public Policy, & Community Engagement experience in both the public and private sectors.
🍸 🤝 Drinks On Us
We’ve got drinks on the house and a room full of people shaping Detroit’s emerging tech scene—founders, builders, investors, creatives, and the crypto-curious.
This is a social-first mixer designed to make it easy to meet people, start conversations, and plug into Michigan’s growing tech & crypto ecosystem.
Food is also available to order at the speakeasy from Atwater Brewery.
The evening will feature an educational talk from a local builder who’s making an impact on Michigan’s crypto ecosystem!
🚗 Bonus: free parking in the adjacent lot — easy in, easy out.
Stand With Crypto is a non-prodit and grassroots advocacy organization committed to supporting the 52 million Americans in the U.S. that own crypto. Stand With Crypto is driving progressive blockchain regulatory initiatives and working to ensure the rules being written in Congress today protect your right to participate in the financial revolution.
🗓 Thursday, May 14, 2026
🕔 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
📍 225 Speakeasy
237 Joseph Campau Ave · Detroit, MI
✨Founded in 2024, the Detroit Blockchain Collective was created to foster blockchain innovation in Michigan through grassroots community and education.
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