swagintherain:28-year -old San Fransisco 49er’s quarterback doesn’t waste his fame and m
swagintherain:28-year -old San Fransisco 49er’s quarterback doesn’t waste his fame and money. $25,000 that he got from sales of his jerseys he used to help people of North Minneapolis. “I’ve been very blessed to be in this position and be able to make the kind of money I do,” Kaepernick said. “I have to help these communities. It’s not right that they’re not put in the position to succeed or given those opportunities to succeed.”“I will donate one million dollars plus all the proceeds of my jersey sales from the 2016 season to organizations working in oppressed communities, 100k a month for 10 months,” he said on his website.This guy who refused to stand during the national anthem uses his power to benefit Black communities across the US. This time he chose the North Side of Minneapolis where people suffer from “Food Deserts.” It means that even if people want to eat healthy food they simply can’t because there’s no such grocery stores or restaurants. Of course this lack of facilities causes terrible health problems. Just last month, Appitite For Change went viral after they released a music video in collaboration with Beats and Rhymes crew made up of African-American students from the North Side for a song called “Grow Food.”Along with his $25,000 donation, Kaepernick has donated $50,000 UCSF for The Mni Wiconi Health Clinic Partnership at Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota, and Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) an organization dedicated to end mass incarceration and over-criminalization of communities of color in Illinois and Chicago specifically.I am proud of Colin Kaepernick. -- source link
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