While people are protesting across the country and around the world against police brutality, demanding justice for the death of George Floyd and others, the sad reality is that the global pandemic persists and puts people at risk of developing COVID-19. To help the protesters, Saturday Night Live star Chris Redd launched a fund to help those who may contract the virus while marching through the streets. “I would not like for my people who fight for justice [to] struggle later because of it,” he wrote in a tweet on June 1.
Chris set a GoFundMe on Tuesday, working toward a goal of raising $250,000. “As thousands of people take to the streets to protest the racial discrimination and Black people lost their Lives at the hands of injustice, we also have the unfortunate fact that this deadly pandemic is still on us,” Chris wrote on the page. “The lives that are at risk of the injustice that we fight against are also the most vulnerable to COVID-19. Many will not be in the position to pay the inevitable cost associated with their courageous efforts.”
According to the page, gathered the funds specifically to use for testing, treatment, and hospital expenses in relation to COVID-19, injuries obtained during the protest, and from relief of the deposit and the court costs of the protesters. From the 3 of June, the fund has raised more than $170,000. Check out the link below to donate to Redd the COVID-19 grant-in-aid, and learn more about ways to help in the fight against racial injustice.
And here we go!!!!!!!https://t.co/M4VTgrjnpS
— Chris Redd (@Reddsaidit) June 2, 2020
