The New Orleans Saints and the Players Coalition will use the 2020 season to uplift the voices and experiences of Black women through a season-long series #SayHerName initiative. Saints players like Malcolm Jenkins, Demario Davis, and Terron Armstead produced a video that was tweeted out by several players throughout the day with the #SayHerName hashtag […]
In an unprecedented move in professional sports, Kyrie Irving and Lakers guard Avery Bradley are leading a coalition of players against the restarting the 2019-20 NBA season. Besides the coronavirus pandemic, the players are concerned that resuming basketball season, the attention will be taken away from the issues of social injustice that have plagued the […]
The NFL Inspire Change initiative is giving $44 million in grants to organizations across the nation. That includes 750 grants to current NFL players and NFL Legends for nonprofits of their choice. The NFL announced two new Inspire Change grants and seven grant renewals recently approved by the NFL’s Player-Owner Social Justice Working Group. The […]
The NFL’s Inspire Change platform and the Players Coalition have announced a $3,050,000 donation to markets that have been impacted by COVID-19. Those areas include Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C., and the states of Florida and Louisiana. COIVD-19 is documented to have disproportionately high rates of devastating impact within communities of color, specifically African […]
