More than an athlete: The rise of Jaylen Brown

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PHOTO: Cecil Brown, Jaylen Brown& UC Berkeley Professor Cecil Brown with his former student, Jaylen Brown, who recently founded XChange Oakland, a nonprofit initiative aimed at generating $5 billion in generational wealth for communities of color. by Cecil Brown We were at the Oakland Ballroom, 1723 on Franklin Street, on a Friday night in Oakland, California. The large room was packed with people who paid $100 for the occasion. After receiving my armband, I got a glass of red wine and milled around looking for Jaylen Brown. Like the other 200 people there, I was there to welcome NBA stars Jaylen Brown and Jason Kidd – both Cal basketball greats – who had abandoned their professional rivalry to unite in “The Town” for the announcement of The Oakland XChange, or OXC. OXC is a co-founding chapter of Brown’s newly launched parent company, The XChange. According to its website, the initiative seeks to provide minority entrepreneurs with opportunities in finance, education, technology, culture, media and real estate. Like millions of fans, I had watched Jaylen on the Celtics during the NBA championship. My friend David Peeples mentioned casually that Jaylen had been my student at UC Berkeley. I replied that Jaylen...

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