One coalition. One state. A block party in every city. A grassroots series co-presented by ABC and Stand With Crypto, led by Tia Williams, President of Stand With Crypto, Georgia. Crypto, culture, civic engagement, and the southern vote. Athens, Augusta, and Savannah are in the books. Next up: Block Party South in Atlanta, Friday, October 30.
At the inception of Stand With Crypto, Coinbase flew its first cohort of 50 founders to Washington to stand in front of Congress. Two of them came from this room: Marlon Williams and Chris Powell, co-founder and CTO of Project Pi Labs. That trip lit the fuse: the Crypto Townhall in Atlanta, advocate town halls, founders in the room with lawmakers, and eventually Stand With Crypto Georgia, now led by Tia Williams.
The Crypto Townhall · Atlanta
Most "crypto tours" are panel events that fly in talent and fly back out. This is the opposite of that. The Block Parties are built city-by-city by Tia Williams, President of Stand With Crypto Georgia, with local organizers, HBCU partners, civic leaders, and the voters the policy fight is actually about. Every block party is a coalition meeting that happens to feel like a celebration.
The strategy is simple: turn the cities that decide Georgia into rooms that decide themselves. Each block party pairs ABC's crypto-native programming with Stand With Crypto Georgia's civic infrastructure. Voter pledges, policy education, and direct on-ramps for first-cycle voters. Local partners host. Local organizers cohost. Local press covers it. Three cities across Georgia, all three now done: Athens on August 22, Augusta on August 29, and Savannah on September 26.
It all builds to one place. Every regional block party feeds the energy, the coalition, and the receipts into Block Party South, the Atlanta finale on Friday, October 30. The deliverable is not impressions. The deliverable is a coalition that survives past the cycle.
Where policy meets the next generation.
The tour kicked off in Athens with an afternoon centered on crypto, civic engagement, and the future of innovation in Georgia.
We connected with community members, builders, and advocates on why pro-crypto voices matter, how to bring more civic leaders into the conversation, and what it takes to build a stronger grassroots movement across the state.
See the recap on Instagram →The east-of-Atlanta coalition.
Augusta showed up ready to connect, learn, and be part of the conversation on the future of crypto, blockchain, and innovation across Georgia.
The room brought together pro-crypto voters, builders, community leaders, and civic leaders who want to help shape the policies and opportunities that keep Georgia at the forefront of the digital economy.
See the recap on Instagram →Where the coast meets the code.
Savannah showed up for stop three, continuing the mission to connect communities across the state with blockchain, crypto, and the future of the digital economy.
Community members engaged directly with Savannah Mayor Van Johnson and representatives from Senator Raphael Warnock's office on crypto, innovation, and the role Georgia can play in shaping the future of this industry.
See the recap on Instagram →Everything converges here.
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Three cities down, one to go. Block Party South brings together founders, builders, creatives, business leaders, students, policymakers, and the crypto curious for a night centered on the future of technology and Atlanta's role in shaping it.
With election season here, we are making sure our community is informed, engaged, and ready to get out the vote. Crypto. Culture. Civic engagement.
Led by Tia Williams. The state chapter of Stand With Crypto. Voter pledges, policy education, civic infrastructure.
Morehouse, Spelman, CAU, Morris Brown, Paine, Fort Valley State, Savannah State. Georgia's HBCU spine.
Four years of Atlanta-built founders and operators. The validator network for every block party.
Co-hosts in every city. The honest face of the room. The legitimacy multiplier.
Local press in every market. National press riding the founder + block-party arc. WSJ relationship intact.
Marquee sponsors get coalition seats. Partners co-design framing. Choose your altitude.
Act I · Education. Local builders, policy basics, plain language. Act II · Coalition. Faith leaders, civic orgs, HBCU students, founders. Act III · Pledge. Stand With Crypto pledge integration. Voters register, voters get on-ramps.
Each block party has a local producer on payroll. A respected community organizer who pulls the room together. The producer is the trust-broker. ABC + Stand With Crypto are the curriculum.
Each block party produces a 3–5 minute mini-documentary: founders, voters, faith leaders, students. Distributed by ABC + Stand With Crypto + sponsors. The series leaves a content trail, not just receipts.
Every block party activates local press the right way: a real story, a real coalition, a real ask. National press rides the founder + block-party arc, not the press release.
Sponsors get real speaking slots, coalition seats, and on-the-ground roles. We do not sell sticker placement. We co-design wins. Partners get the full lane.
The Stand With Crypto voter pledge is integrated at every event: tablets at the door, QR on the slides, follow-up via Stand With Crypto, Georgia's distribution. The receipts compound.