Colin Kaepernick announced he was contributing $100,000 to a coronavirus relief fund, which will go toward aiding black and brown communities affected by the pandemic.
Colin Kaepernick announced Thursday he was contributing $100,000 to a coronavirus relief fund, which will go toward aiding black and brown communities affected by the pandemic.
The fund, which launched as part of the activist's"Know Your Rights" campaign, will focus on food, shelter relief, education, personal protective equipment and incarcerated populations to help stop spread of the virus and provide further resources."Black and brown communities are being disproportionally devastated by Covid-19 because of hundreds of years of structural racism," Kaepernick says in a video posted to his Twitter.
— Colin Kaepernick April 16, 2020 With Kaepernick's contribution, donations have surpassed $137,000, according to the website. Data from major cities across the US exposed the grim reality of just how hard communities of color have been hit -- where many often have pre-existing health conditions and don't have equal access to testing or healthcare.
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