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Video credit: Edinboro University
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Our knowledge exists. Our stories exist. Where is the digital school built around them?
The Project
Diaspora knowledge is spread across books, museums, archives, universities, oral traditions, and family kitchens. Generations have preserved it. What has been missing is a widely adopted digital learning ecosystem designed to bring it together. Bold Minds Project is the foundation building that ecosystem: a digital school and AI learning companion for children of the global African diaspora, built with the board, advisory committee, partners, and supporters who believe it should already exist.
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Bold Minds Academy is the school: a digital learning ecosystem for K-12 diaspora learners where culture is the foundation of the curriculum, not a supplement to it. The Academy is where children learn. The Foundation is where we build it.
states require Black history
in K-12. Only twelve.
learners across the
global African diaspora
curriculum pillars already
in development
CURRIC
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& Learning
A child should be able to understand ancient Africa and contemporary Africa, the transatlantic trade and the civilizations that came centuries before it, and their own place in a much larger human story. Bold Minds spans history, science, technology and AI, language, money, leadership, and life skills, and keeps showing children how it all connects.
Curriculum
Eight pillars for K-12, from Afrikan History to Gen AI and Coding, with a wider vision across 25+ areas of learning.
- 100+ lessons collected
The AI Companion
An intelligent guide through the curriculum, grounded in diaspora knowledge rather than a chatbot placed on top of an old model.
- In development
Beyond the Screen
Real-world experiences that turn learning into lived experience, starting with a summer program concept for boys.
- Concept stage
JOIN
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Contribute
Historians, educators, scientists, technologists, artists, and parents: bring what you know. There is a place for your expertise in the work.
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Partner
Schools, HBCUs, museums, libraries, and diaspora organizations: pilot the curriculum, collaborate on research, or bring Bold Minds to your community.
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Support
Become a founding supporter. Your gift funds platform development, curriculum content, and the first pilots with families and schools.
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The Technology
If AI becomes one of the primary ways our children access knowledge, who makes sure our knowledge is there? Bold Minds is building an AI learning companion that understands a diaspora-centered curriculum, explains ideas at the right age, and lets a child who loves music, science, or business discover history through what they already love. The technology is not the mission. The knowledge is.
Where We Are
We know what we are building. We do not pretend every piece is built. The products in market prove demand. The platform that brings them together is what we are inviting you to help build.
Already built
total
$ 75,000
In development
total
$ 85,000
THE FOUN DATION
Built by a board, an advisory committee, and people who believe this should already exist
News & Updates
Our first children’s book is published
What To Do With All The Rules is in market. It is the first Bold Minds book, and it shows what the curriculum feels like in a child’s hands: a story children wa
Bold Minds incorporates and builds the Academy foundation
Bold Minds is now an incorporated foundation. After a year of partnerships in the U.S., on the Continent, and in the Caribbean, pre-launch community events, and
The African Countries Song is out
Our first learning tool is in the world. The African Countries Song helps children learn the countries of the Continent the way children learn best: by singing
Help Us Build It
Bold Minds is intentionally broad in ambition, so it has to be built collaboratively. Whether you bring expertise, resources, partnerships, funding, or passion, there is a place for you. The invitation is simple: help make the vision real.