Meet the 2025 BrewGether Grantees
Celebrate the 2025 cohort of BrewGether grantees who represent a dynamic range of Black farmers.
Author : Dr. J Jackson-Beckham
Jamaal Lemon, Award-Winning Author and Advocate, Joins Craft x EDU Board of Directors
RICHMOND, VA – Jamaal Lemon, acclaimed beer writer, James Beard Nominated journalist, North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) Award Winner and International Association of Culinary Professionals Finalist, has joined the Craft x EDU Board of Directors. A Charleston native—currently residing in South Florida. Jamaal became obsessed with beer after completing an internship in The […]
Craft x EDU Announces Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement with BrewGether
The Volunteer-Powered Organization will Advance Craft x EDU’s Strategic Priorities through it’s Efforts Help the Craft Beer Community to Distribute Resources to Nonprofit Organizations Supporting Urban Agriculture. Craft x EDU announced on Friday, August 12, 2022, that it will become the fiscal sponsor for BrewGether, a community organization that highlights the synergies between urban agriculture […]
Craft x EDU Postpones Norfolk, VA Opportunity Fair
RICHMOND, VA – Craft x EDU has postponed the Norfolk, VA Opportunity Fair originally scheduled for April 8, 2020, due to mounting concerns about the global COVID-19 outbreak. The event will be rescheduled on a to-be-determined date in fall 2020. Craft x EDU made the decision to postpone what would have been its inaugural Opportunity […]
Craft x EDU Helps Craft Brewing Businesses Become Opportunity-Makers
March 3, 2020 RICHMOND, VA – Craft x EDU launches a series of Opportunity Fairs beginning with an event in Norfolk, VA, on April 8, 2020, with the generous support of Presenting Brewery Sponsor, New Belgium Brewing Company. According to the Brewers Association, more than 8,000 breweries now operate in the United States, the vast […]
Excited to Feast at PAIRED + GABF: Michelle Turner Has Tips for the GABF Newbie
Atlanta’s Michelle Turner is a social media influencer and the force behind Excited to Feast, a lifestyle brand that focuses on diverse food and drink experiences. She attended the 2019 Great American Beer Festival as one of the recipients of Craft x EDU’s GABF Professional Development Experience sponsored by New Belgium. Turner says her deep […]
Craft x EDU Grants GABF Professional Development Experience to Emerging Craft Beer Pros
As the largest and longest-running celebration of American brewing, the Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) is a unique opportunity for emerging and established brewing industry professionals. With the help of New Belgium Brewing Company, Craft x EDU provided free admission two two GABF sessions to a diverse group of individuals looking to further their careers […]
Viral Hashtag Launches New Beer Nonprofit Into the Spotlight
For Immediate Release: November 18, 2019Craft x EDU: United StatesMembers of the media interested in being included on Craft x EDU’s press list should email their name, affiliation, and beat to opportunity@craftxedu.org. A New Nonprofit Improving the Beer World Craft x EDU, a new nonprofit launched by beer scholar and diversity champion Dr. J Jackson-Beckham, […]
I Am Not the Diversity Police
“I’m not the diversity police. I’m the diversity ambassador.” Though I had said this a number of times since late April, when I was announced as the Brewers Association’s first-ever Diversity Ambassador, I’d never said it on record. But as a casual conversation with beer writer Kate Bernot wound to a close in mid-May, I let […]
We All Want to Diversify Craft Beer: The Question is How?
So I have charged out of the gate with a gross overstatement. That’s par for the course in the clickbait era, right? Following up that overstatement with two clichés and a rhetorical question, however, is just a bit of snarkiness. The point (there is one) that I want to acknowledge from the outset is that not all of […]