Who We Are
About Black Brick Society
A national membership organization and DAO building the infrastructure of Black self-reliance.
Mission & Founding
Black America stands at a defining crossroads. Despite decades of civil rights progress, the structural conditions that produce Black poverty, political marginalization, and institutional dependency remain largely intact. The median Black household holds approximately $24,000 in wealth — one-eighth that of the median white household. Black homeownership lags nearly 30 percentage points behind. These are not accidents. They are the predictable outcomes of systems designed without us in mind.
Black Brick Society was founded on a single premise: that self-reliance — not advocacy alone — is the path to liberation. BBS is a national membership organization and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that organizes Black Americans around coordinated economic action, community ownership, and institutional development.
We do not wait for political permission. We build.
“This is not a wish list. It is a work order.”
What We Stand For
Core Values
Self-Reliance
We build what we need rather than waiting for systems that were not designed for us to change.
Coordination
Individual action has limits. Coordinated collective action — organized through the BBS-DAO — builds systemic power.
Accountability
Every objective in our agenda has a measurable target, a responsible DAO, and a public reporting mechanism.
Ownership
We prioritize ownership — of land, businesses, financial institutions, and political infrastructure — over access alone.
Community
BBS is a membership organization first. Every initiative is designed to serve the community that builds it.
Organizational Structure
The BBS-DAO Governance Structure
BBS is structured as a three-tier DAO network built on Ethereum blockchain — making it one of the only national Black American organizations whose governance, treasury, and voting are publicly verifiable on-chain. The National BBS-DAO sets vision, policy, and manages the treasury. Eight Sector DAOs execute domain-specific initiatives. State DAOs deploy programs on the ground in each market.
Umbrella Governance
National BBS-DAO
Vision · Treasury · Policy · Accountability
Eight Sector DAOs
Real Estate DAO
Finance DAO
Business DAO
Political DAO
Health DAO
Community DAO
Education DAO
Technology DAO
On-the-Ground Execution
State DAOs
Virginia · Maryland · Tennessee · Georgia · Florida · Texas · and growing
Governance Token
Emancip8 (EM8) Token
The Emancip8 (EM8) token is the membership and participation token of the BBS-DAO ecosystem, deployed on Ethereum Mainnet on November 19, 2025 with a total supply of 1 billion tokens. BBS membership requires holding EM8 — all members receive tokens upon joining at no additional cost. Members can also earn additional EM8 by performing services within the organization.
All EM8 holders participate in BBS-DAO governance with equal voting weight — holding more tokens does not increase governance power or vote weight. What additional EM8 unlocks is a greater share in BBS net income revenue distributions. The more you contribute to the organization and accumulate EM8, the greater your percentage of organizational revenue sharing.
EM8 is also integrated into the BBS Digital Academy as an incentive mechanism, rewarding members for completing technology training and professional certifications — directly tying digital education to community ownership and economic participation.
Leadership
BBS Leadership
Broderick Thomas
Founder
Founder of Black Brick Society and architect of the BBS 10-Year Agenda for Black American Self-Reliance.