This App Collects Spare Change to Bail People Out of Jail
This App Collects Spare Change to Bail People Out of Jail
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 2, 20186m 43s
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Show Notes
“An app that converts your daily change into bail money to free black people.” That’s what Kortney Ryan Ziegler, a social engineer with a PhD in African-American studies, tweeted in July. https://twitter.com/fakerapper/status/889197985678073856The response was instantaneous—and overwhelming. Nearly 200 people replied with offers to help. That was the start of Appolition, which converts users’ spare change into bail money.
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