

Crypto Connect with Shanelle Jackson
You’re invited to join the Detroit Blockchain Collective for Crypto Connect with special guest Shanelle Jackson at the new 225 Speakeasy for a night of connection and ideas shaping the future of Web3.
🍸 🤝 Drinks on us
This Crypto connect features a conversation with Shanelle Jackson — a former Michigan State Representative, former Michigan House Speaker Pro Tempore, and member of the House Appropriations Committee.
And as of 2026, she is a candidate for United States Congress in the 12th District. Shanelle has earned an “A” from Stand With Crypto for being strongly supportive of crypto.
She has twenty-one years of Federal, State & Local Issues Advocacy, Public Policy, & Community Engagement experience in both the public and private sectors.
Shanelle will be speaking on the importance of sound crypto policy and it's impact to Michiganders.
Come enjoy drinks on the house and mingle with founders, builders, investors, creatives, and the crypto-curious—this mixer is designed to help you meet people, start conversations, and plug into Michigan’s growing tech & crypto ecosystem.
🚗 Bonus: free parking in the adjacent lot — easy in, easy out.
Sponsored By Stand With Crypto
Stand With Crypto is a non-prodit and grassroots advocacy organization committed to supporting the 52 million Americans in the U.S. that own crypto. Stand With Crypto is driving progressive blockchain regulatory initiatives and working to ensure the rules being written in Congress today protect your right to participate in the financial revolution.