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Seahawks players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund awards 2022 grants

The Seattle Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund has awarded $250,000 in 2022 grants to local worthy nonprofits.

The Seattle Seahawks have never been a team to shy away from social justice issues. In fact, over four years ago, members of the club created the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund.

The Players Action Fund has since received donations from fans, Paul G. Allen Philanthropies, the Carroll Family Fund, John and Traci Schneider, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s Nadella Family Trust, and from Starbucks and the Starbucks Foundation.

In exchange, the Players Action Fund has awarded over $1.337 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations, schools, and via scholarships.

The Players Action Fund has now announced its latest round of grants to be awarded in 2022 totaling $250,000. The worthy recipients, with links to their websites, are below.

For more information on how you can donate or help contribute to the Players Action Fund, click here.

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Seahawks pledge to donate $500k from Equality and Justice Fund

The Seattle Seahawks released a statement on their website pledging to donate $500,000 to bring about change after George Floyd’s death.

The Seattle Seahawks released a statement on Monday in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, condemning the actions of now-convicted police officer Derek Chauvin and pledging to donate $500,000 in grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund to yet-unnamed recipients, which the players will determine to spur action to end racism and crimes influenced by it.

“We stand with Seattle, and every community in uniting to help heal our society and overcome the hurt, anger and frustration through peaceful protests and acts of togetherness,” read the press release. “With that, to further aid in the solution the Seahawks players will begin the process of determining recipients for grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund in the amount of $500k.”

All eyes are still on the aftermath of the incident and what organizations in power will do to bring about change.

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Seahawks players pledge $500,000 in grants for policy reform

The Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for all Action Fund will donate $500,000 in grant money regarding law enforcement policy reform

In the wake of the untimely death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as well as countless other deaths in the African-American community, many sports organizations have put out statements condemning the senseless acts of violence and offering their sympathy to the friends and family of the victims.

For many, that is the end of the statement.

However, the Seattle Seahawks are doing more than just offering thoughts and prayers. They are putting their money where their mouth is, and offering up $500,000 in grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for all Action Fund.

“We hope to advance conversations related to reformation in our nation’s current policies regarding hiring and training within law enforcement, judiciary protections and accountability, and for advanced education related to the history of race in America,” the statement read.

The Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for all Action Fund was started back in 2017 as a way for Seahawks players to help “create lasting change and build a more compassionate and inclusive society.”

Former Seahawk Doug Baldwin had a massive role in the initial creation of the fund, and he had a hand in this recent $500,000 grant as well, even though he is no longer with the team after medically retiring before the 2019 season.

“I think Doug did an amazing job with [the fund], he was in the loop building that,” Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner commented on a Zoom call with Seattle media on Monday. “I definitely feel like we are just trying to figure out a way to impact our community in a meaningful way. Do it in a way where the money that is being given is providing real change and helping people that are affected by things like this.”

The Seahawks have yet to determine the recipients of the grant money, but if you want to be involved you can donate to the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for all Action Fund here.

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