Jason Kelley Started The Wave As A Group Chat For 13 Friends. Now It’s A 40,000-Member Network Changing How Black Professionals Find Community

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Moving to a new city is hard enough. But moving to a new city alone and spending the first six months trying to figure out the best happy hour, the best natural hair salon, or the place with the best burger, is a particular kind of haze.

When Jason Kelley started The Wave in Washington, D.C. in 2016, he

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