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Michael Jordan announces first donations from $100 million pledge
Michael Jordan donating millions to combat systemic racism, black voter suppression.
AP | Hornets owner and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan has started sharing details of where some of his US$100 million pledge to the Black community will be allocated.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted Peoples and Families Movement will each receive US$1 million, while Black Voters Matter, which works to increase voter registration and turnout, will get US$500,000 it was announced.
Jordan, who made the US$100 million pledge to the Black community back in June, said the money will support social justice, economic justice and education and awareness.
“I’m all in with Jordan Brand, the Jordan Family and our partners, who share a commitment to address the historical inequality that continues to plague Black Communities in the U.S.,” Jordan said in a statement last week.