Players Coalition and NFL donate $3M to black communities hit by coronavirus.
A number of organizations contacted the Players Coalition, founded in 2017, seeking a partnership. But, while those groups did admirable work, said Players Coalition member Kelvin Beachum, a free agent offensive lineman who played last season for the New York Jets, the Players Coalition wanted to connect with organizations that are entrenched in their communities.
Kelvin Beachum of the New York Jets looks on against the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 23, 2018 in East Rutherford, N.J.“We were not trying to reinvent the wheel,” Beachum said. “We have a number of guys across the nation and we pinged them: ‘Hey what are the various grassroot organizations that you know are doing the real work?’ We wanted to add to or supplement what they are doing.
There were more than 800,000 cases of COVID-19 in the United States with more than 44,000 deaths as of Tuesday. Black people make up 13 percent of the population but 30 percent of the coronavirus cases, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, primarily because of racial inequities in health care.Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles speaks to the media during Super Bowl LII media availability on Jan. 31, 2018 at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
Fighting a pandemic is unchartered territory for the Players Coalition, but it is quite familiar with being a force in distressed communities. Beachum had been advocating for clean water in Newark, New Jersey, five months ago. Coalition members visit schools to talk to students about the value of an education. They visit juvenile detention centers and courthouses, in each case teaching the idea of inspiring.
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