Hey Mike, a late reply to this. May i know the coordinates for this? I'm keen to visit if it's still in Decentraland.

Hello Decentraland Community, My name is Michael, and I am the new CEO of Metaverse Architects. Happy to announce that this project has been fully completed. The Scope and Mission The Academy of World Freedom serves as a sanctuary advocating for press freedom. It aims to create an environment where journalists can access resources, hold talks, and find community support. The build features an atrium designed for discussions and a poignant interactive sculpture memorializing journalists who've lost their lives pursuing the truth. Recent Changes and Delays I owe you all an explanation for the delays we’ve experienced in finalizing the build. During our due diligence process, some concerns arose that necessitated a reevaluation of our partnerships and project scope. I want to extend my deepest apologies for this delay, and I appreciate your patience as we've worked through these challenges. I assure you, this time has been used to re-align and refine the project to meet the high standards we all share. The Build, Redefined The atrium space will still serve as an open forum for discussions and lectures, and the interactive sculpture will continue to honor journalists from around the globe. When you interact with this sculpture, cards representing these brave individuals will expand, allowing you to read about their invaluable contributions and sacrifices. I welcome your thoughts, comments, and suggestions as we move forward with this revitalized project. Your input is invaluable in ensuring that we serve the community in the best way possible. Thanks, Michael

Thank you for the response @Seanny Honestly I kind of had the same sentiment looking at this proposal that I had not seen before. I have asked questions in the Discord channel about the Mind Easy grant that have gone unanswered and it has been a while since you announced that it would be moved to a world without any other updates. I hope we can see more info about the status of these projects. Thank you. 🙏 

My apologies. I didn’t even think about doing a direct contract but will in the future. Thank you for the information. It would be good for grantees or the squad to make sure there is a comment somewhere stating something in cases like this. I don’t blame you for taking a break and sorry for dragging you back in.

You did kind of force through your grant, so it isn't a great look to "pause" it and not update the community until someone else calls you out. 

Yo @Existential14. Feel free to call me out directly/tag me when making statements like these. No harm done. Debate is necessary. POI Hub: *POI Hub was refunded to the DAO in its entirety. Places made the idea obsolete.* MindEasy: *You can find MindEasy experience on MindEasy.dcl.eth. We are currently maintaining and upgrading it. It is far from dead, and simply getting an upgrade to SDK7 + Worlds. We couldn't keep it adjacent to Genesis Plaza anymore.* Uncensored Library: *This project is paused, with more information on it set to come out from us + partners soon. It's been delayed significantly, and this is why we supported the pre-emptive revocation of the grant.* Regarding 'money gone' claims; I'm not really sure what you're on about there. Funds are still in the wallet for Uncensored Library (in USDT), and have harbored all the costs ourselves thus far, whereas for MindEasy, we managed to cut costs well enough post the 6-month mark, and still have capital at our disposal to spend in advancing the ideals of the project, which we have every intention to do. However, to your point @Existential14, I feel we can do a lot more in communicating information back to GSS + Community from Metaverse Architect's side. I chose to take a step back from DCL & the DAO for a while, in order to assess the community + platform from the 'outside'. However, whilst I took a step back, that doesn't mean my colleagues haven't been working on this project in-house, and when reflecting, I feel I could have done much more to showcase and celebrate their awesome work and dedication in this space. @Zarbio and Andrew have been **kicking ass** when it comes to Uncensored Library and its developments, and the project itself is something we're proud of; not just as a final product, but as a value-based construct that we're ready to represent and defend if necessary. I feel more can be done on my end in communicating back with the DAO, and I'd personally like to see myself improve in that regard. I'll be reviewing this communication issue with my teammates early next week, and I hope by mid-week we'll have a clearer internal plan on what our communication/updates towards the DAO can look like in the months ahead.

FYI there are 2 other grants that were approved for this Seanny guy and they are dead. Money gone and no product. https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=ad7eac90-bac0-11ec-8561-b591bf2cf0d0 https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=af9ca2d0-b808-11ec-903a-6546e8793cef

The vesting contract has been revoked preemptively because the project is delayed. The DAO Committee is willing to recreate the vesting contract when the project launches in February/March 2023.

One of the goals of the Grant Support Squad is to guarantee the effectiveness of the Grants Program, signaling to the DAO if a vesting contract needs to be revoked. In that sense, we started to pass the active grants through the sieve of the requirements written on the documents related to the Grant Program. In this particular case, the grant has a super clear roadmap in the original proposal, but the project is behind schedule, and based on the conversation we had with the grantee in the last few days, it will hopefully launch in March 2023. For that reason, our recommendation for the DAO Committee (@yemel @HPrivakos ) is to preemptively revoke this grant until they could show the deployment (February 2023).

Hi Uncensored Library Team! How are you doing? I’m Pablo from Decentraland’s Grant Support Squad :chipmunk:. Congratulations on receiving a Grant to contribute to Decentraland! Our mission ([Grant Support Squad](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=7a236540-d305-11ec-b521-2f98ffa6ccb0)) is to support grantees to update their progress and achieve their goals, and thus contribute to grow this great community that is Decentraland. Here is some information that will be helpful for you: * Your current status is ENACTED. * This article ([Receiving Grants | Decentraland](https://docs.decentraland.org/decentraland/receiving-grants/)) might be helpful to you to find your vesting contract. * It’s very important to share your progress with the community. Inside your grant proposal -in the Decentraland governance platform- you will find a Project Update Section to publish updates once a month for transparency purposes. * We invite you to join DAO Discord ([DCL DAO](https://discord.gg/zreZFeJ3)) and to attend the Decentraland DAO monthly town hall ([Decentraland DAO Town Hall | Decentraland Events](https://events.decentraland.org/event/?id=fdcc852e-96e0-4843-b5f0-1da97331de77)) -on the 2nd Thursday of each month @ 4:30 pm EST / 9:30 pm UTC-, which is a great way to share updates. *We will also create a dedicated Discord channel for your grant, to easily stay in touch with the community. * Here you can find the Terms & conditions ([Community Grants | Decentraland](https://docs.decentraland.org/decentraland/community-grants/#grant-requirements)) of the grant program. * Our contact information: * Pablo Lewin : [pablo.lewin@decentraland.org](mailto:pablo.lewin@decentraland.org) * Juan Cassinelli (Zino): [juan.cassinelli@decentraland.org](mailto:juan.cassinelli@decentraland.org) We are excited to hear from you! Which channel (Discord, email, other) do you think would be the most efficient? Please let us know your address so we can reach out. Email would be important for us to keep in touch. Have a good journey!

This is potentially huge, the centralization of the ecosystem where the first iteration of the Uncensored Library was built was always the weak spot. Bringing this kind of initiative to a decentralized project like Decentraland will bring attention from different audiences (Journalists, civil rights activists, and others) to the opportunities that virtual world interactions could offer.

I'll never forget the first time I walked into Uncensored Library in Minecraft. Bringing this to DCL can take the internet by storm, and Web 3.0 can give a **ton** of solutions in combating censorship and financing journalists around the globe which are fighting the good fight. Supported.

The Uncensored Library in Decentraland This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0xfe91c0c482e09600f2d1dbca10fd705bc6de60bc) Vesting Contract Address: 0x24cA7f2854c0791C0Db4d731Fdc1aB9d7E1AdF56 [View Transaction 1](https://etherscan.io/tx/0x6c3650c84128ff3263fa47f850b62b9a82597d04a40c33adbb8c875f9da5d2bc) [View Transaction 2](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xe96e58ffebb82a1a0e21b8469ee9956f30832b98c2da1ae9dc75294d817ab759)

The Uncensored Library in Decentraland This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 100% 4,660,191 VP (30 votes) * No 0% 0 VP (0 votes)