Jesse Williams recently sat down with NPR and spoke about how he’s making a difference. We were honored to have a substantial place in that. It was a wide-ranging interview that focused on acting and activism. We’re proud of him, and our relationship with him. Below is an excerpt where he mentions us, and how important our mission is to creating opportunity for all.
On his collaborations on mobile apps
“I’m proudest of collaboration; I’m not proudest of any independent action. You mentioned mobile apps, and to be clear, I’m a co-founder of Ebroji, a GIF-kind of cultural language keyboard, but Scholly — I have come on as a board member and a brand ambassador and partner in the company, but it was founded and created by Christopher Gray. And that is a mobile app that aggregates and connects students to millions and millions of dollars of scholarships every year.
There’s over $100 million in scholarships every year that go unclaimed. People just aren’t aware of them. And on the Scholly app, you plug in your information, your demographic, your height, you’re left-handed, you love the clarinet, you used to wrestle, and we would pull together all the scholarships that are available to you. And we’ve connected students to over $70 million in real scholarships, in real money so far.”