For this week's revolutionary of the week, we shine a spotlight Matt Maxey. He hails from Decatur, Georgia and currently resides in Atlanta. Born with a severely profound hearing loss, and outfitted with hearing aids at 2 years old, it became apparent at an early age that life would be anything but ordinary. Fast forward to his teens and attended the prestigious Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. where he began to learn sign language. Then, in 2014, he founded DEAFinitely Dope to provide support to those who felt marginalized and ignored by mainstream America.
DEAFinitely Dope started as a brand, and slowly blossomed into a movement, attracting the likes of educational institutions nationwide, CNN, ESPN The Undefeated, GQ, Cole Haan, ABC news, MTV Video Music Awards, and even Chance The Rapper! With both hearing and deaf partnerships in play, Maxey strives to continue to break barriers and defy the norms with a fresh perspective on interaction, inclusion, accessibility and equality!
Inspired by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ successful “State Of Emergency: The State of Black America & Coronavirus” town hall, “REVOLT BLACK NEWS” is a platform that is designed to report news from the perspective of Black people for Black people.
“When I started REVOLT, I always wanted to develop a platform to report the news from our perspective, from our lens, from our people, so I decided to launch ’REVOLT BLACK NEWS.’” said Combs. “We’re here with solutions. We’ve already heard about what we can’t do, but this is what we can do.”
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