]]>"Columbus company Cards For All People is bringing its diverse games into new markets with the help of Gopuff, the fast-growing service that specializes in quick, on-demand deliveries of everything from alcohol to snacks to cleaning supplies.
Think of it like Doordash for products – including Cards For All People's popular game Black Card Revoked – that you’d otherwise need to go pick up from a convenience store or retail shop, with faster delivery times than Amazon. The Philadelphia-based startup serves customers in more than 1,000 cities by delivering products from "micro-fulfillment centers" stocked with roughly 3,000 products."
Our Black Card Revoked game title is featured in Target's new national holiday campaign along with the New York Times best-seller, "I Am Enough" illustrated by our creative director, Keturah Ariel.
Watch the ad on LinkedIn.
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Excerpt from "One student’s fight for black inclusion at Whittier College — with the campus president’s help" - Los Angeles Times
While the club participated in a backpack drive for needy area families and a silent auction, its most successful outing, in terms of attendance, took place last fall when Bradford invited students to play the popular “Black Card Revoked” trivia game, which tests players’ knowledge of African American history and popular culture.
“We had people on the dance team and in sports who were rushing from practice to get to the meeting so they could all play,” Bradford said. “It was amazing to see our community together, just playing and talking.”
Latesha Williams and Jay Bobo joined forces to create the foundation for the popular card game “Black Card Revoked” in 2015. Together with Jay Bobo’s mom, they have turned a basement side hustle into a multi-million dollar business that creates unique and memorable experiences for Black communities.
“A big piece of Black Card Revoked is integrity. We are Black people and know what the experience is like,” says Williams. “By creating that shared connection, it’s a love letter to Black culture and the Black experience.
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The team behind the popular card games Black Card Revoked, Latino Card Revoked and Girls Night Out wants to change the toys and games industry for the better.
The Columbus card game company, Cards for All People, says there’s a strong market for games that are inclusive and representative of the increasingly diverse U.S. population. Their own sales – about $2 million annually – prove that, said cofounder Jay Bobo.
“We think the future of toys and games will be a culturally relevant one,” Bobo said. “There are all these populations who are underserved. How do we develop products that are for us, that are low cost, but provide value by creating new memories?”
The problem is there’s still not enough games like that on the retail shelves.
Recently, we joined forces with the Black Gamemakers Association, GAMA and other diverse game companies to publish an open letter to retailers. Read more below.
The needs of communities of color goes beyond just multicultural beauty and international food. We are more than shampoo, makeup and spices.
We, the manufacturers of cultural toys & games, would like your organizations to know that we exist and our consumers represent more than 49% of the United States population, but we are not represented on your shelves and our consumers’ needs remain unmet...
https://medium.com/@cardsforallpeople/minority-gamemakers-open-letter-to-retailers-c9b7472f36b8
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Social media influencer, KevOnStage played Black Card Revoked with his family. Check out the video here.
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Excerpt from ‘The Color Purple’ movie is turning 35. Its impact on audiences is ageless. - Washington Post
“The cultural impact is undeniable,” said Latesha Williams, co-founder of the card game Black Card Revoked, which asks questions about African American popular culture and incorporates nearly a half-dozen queries about “The Color Purple.” In the game, the film is tied with the 1995 Ice Cube comedy “Friday” for most movie references.
“The film is in every black person’s collection,” said Williams, 36. “People get that being African American comes with its circumstances — good, bad, beautiful, painful, ugly and amazing. And this film captured all of that, at times with humor.”
Read more here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-color-purple-movie-is-turning-35-but-its-impact-on-audiences-is-ageless/2020/02/19/44002f36-50f1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html
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BET Networks has given a series order to Black Card Revoked, a nostalgia-filled game show based on the popular party game that offers a lighthearted test of knowledge of pop culture, entertainment, historical facts and politics from an African American perspective.
Read more here: http://deadline.com/2017/11/black-card-revoked-game-show-card-game-bet-network-tony-rock-host-1202204191/
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