Joel Djakou

“When I found out about the project, I felt a sense of relief. It's nice to see that big companies like USM show strength and stand up for people of color. I would like to take this opportunity to bring attention to my current project, which is also a Social Project. The goal of my project is to enable freedom through independence in the digital age. Recent events, such as the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, have reminded us once again that we live in a system that deliberately discriminates against certain groups of people and allows for inequality of opportunity between white and black, male and female, heterosexual and homosexual. After countless attempts to understand the problem of the subject, I have realized that people will only be free when they have achieved a certain financial independence and can thus freely decide where and what they want to do. Thus, the goal of my work is to use technology and the media to offer a system-changing approach that will enable financial independence and continually change the way society is viewed.”
-Joel Djakou

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