history_edu Legacy Chapter · 2021 — 2024

Black ’Verse

A Web3 Metaverse community created by NiKole “Technikole” Maxwell, CEO & Founder of Black Multiverse Enterprises, founded December 2021.

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Educate

Informed

Where Web 3 Knowledge Meets Opportunity. Stay informed — from reading articles to live event replays and project AMAs. We make sure the community has the knowledge they need.

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Train

Empowered

Building the Skills That Build the Future. Hands-on training across Web3, blockchain, smart contracts, and emerging platforms. Learn by building alongside the community.

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Advance

Decentralized

How Decentralized Can You Be? The decentralized Metaverse is coming and it’s using the best of the Blockchain and Web 3. Take the “red pill”, dive in the rabbit hole and find your niche.

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Origins at BME

Born at Black Multiverse Enterprises.
Built for the community.

Black ’Verse was created in December 2021 by NiKole “Technikole” Maxwell, CEO and Founder of Black Multiverse Enterprises, as BME’s flagship Web3 Metaverse community program.

Discord-first and built for scale, Black ’Verse grew to thousands of members — a decentralized, education-driven community focused on the people often left out of Web3 conversations. Every initiative, event, and partnership flowed through the Black ’Verse community channel first.

Black ’Verse has since wound down (~2024) as NiKole focused on BME and Techniverse. It stands today as a closed legacy chapter — we're honoring what was.

What We Did

The Black ’Verse legacy, in numbers.

200+

Metaverse Plots

3000+

Community Members

18 Trailblazers

Black Verse Summit Headliners

The Google Arc

Activated into Grow with Google.
Gold status in three months.

BME — and by extension Black ’Verse — activated into the Grow with Google program in July 2022 and reached Gold status in September 2022, within three months of activation.

Q4 2022 was dedicated to a 12-week Grow with Google Education Series "Skill Up" led by NiKole “Technikole” Maxwell, Founder of Black Multiverse. The series served as capability building using Google Workspace, job growth, and cybersecurity as focus topics. The series was delivered to the Black ’Verse community, streamed to Roku, Hulu and Amazon. It is now available on YouTube for public access.

The Summits

Black Verse Summit 2022

The Power of Decentralization. A multi-speaker Web3 summit featuring pioneers across crypto, the Metaverse, cybersecurity, and Black entrepreneurship.

Crypto

Najah Roberts

Queen of Crypto. One of the most recognizable voices in Web3 education for Black communities.

Metaverse

Artsy in VR

Top 25 Women in the Metaverse. Builder of immersive cultural spaces in virtual worlds.

Security

Marcus Carey

Cybersecurity expert and author. Brought clarity on protecting decentralized systems to the summit stage.

Community

Dr. Tammy Francis

Founder of Catalyst for Change. Champion of community-led education and capacity building.

Cybersecurity

Fred Brandon

Founder of Flames Foundation. Cybersecurity advocate focused on protecting underserved communities online.

The Metaverse Footprint

200+ Infiniverse locations.
And a values-based exclusion.

Black ’Verse founded the Black Speakers Hall of Fame in Infiniverse, with 200+ locations plus dedicated hubs in Spatial, OnCyber, Croquet, and Local — all in service of bringing Black voices into the emerging Metaverse.

Excluded by design: Meta / Facebook Horizon was intentionally left out as a values-based decision. Black ’Verse committed to decentralized-first platforms.

Watch & Listen

From the archives:

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Summit 2022 — The Power of Decentralization (Promo)

Commercial cut of the Black Verse Summit 2022 — featuring Naja Roberts, Artsy in VR, Marcus Carey, Dr. Tammy Francis, and Fred Brandon.

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BME Historical Training — From 2022 Grow With Google

Internal training retrospective covering the pivot from Web3 community programming into the Google ecosystem and ChromeOS Flex work.