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Brewer hopes to inspire POC to get involved in craft beer with scholarships
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Jamal Robinson, director of sales at New England Brewing Co., wants more People of Color to join him in Connecticut s craft beer world.Winter Caplanson / Contributed photo
When there is talk about encouraging more diversity in craft brewing, people often focus on the financial opportunity it affords. They point out, for instance, that craft beer is an $83 billion industry, employing more than a half-million people, but only 5 percent of those who work in the industry are People of Color.
But as important as these stats are, Jamal Robinson, director of sales at New England Brewing Co. (NEBCO) in Woodbridge, has an additional reason to encourage more people from diverse backgrounds to enter the craft beer world: so that they can experience its culture and community. “Craft beer has given me so much, from a career to some of my best friends and my girlfriend, to the awesom
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