Jay-Z's company donating 1,000+ bags of groceries to Louisville in honor of Breonna Taylor
Updated: 8:31 AM EST Mar 11, 2021
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Updated: 8:31 AM EST Mar 11, 2021
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ALL CONNECTED BY ONE THING HAVING THEIR LOVED ONES KILLED BY A GUN. THIS IS MY SON. WHO LOST HIS LIFE AND SOME OF THE 19TH 2019 MY SON HE GOT SHOT AND KILLED JUST SITTING AT HOME AND THE SISTER-IN-LAW JOSE MUNOZ. HE WAS GOING DOWN IN OLIVE GARDEN LOBBY ON FEBRUARY 23RD 2019 AS THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE BRIANNA TAYLOR WAS KILLED BY POLICE DURING A RAID IN HER APARTMENT HER MOTHER TAMIKA PALMER WANTED FOOD DRIVE AND HER DAUGHTER’S MEMORY. THEY PUT EMPHASIS ON HOMICIDE. I’M VIOLENT CRIMES SURVIVORS PUT TOGETHER BY THE LOUISVILLE NON-PROFIT GAME CHANGERS AND THE NEW YORK-BASED GROUP UNTIL FREEDOM MORE THAN A THOUSAND BAGS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND GROCERIES WILL BE GIVEN OUT TO PEOPLE IN NEED. THERE’S A LOT OF NEED HERE AND IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE. IT’S ALSO ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD DESERTS LINDA SARSO IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF UNTIL FREEDOM. SHE SAYS ASIDE FROM PROTESTING AND DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY IN TAYLOR’S DEATH THIS IS TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY ON SUNDAY. THESE FAMILIES WILL BE PASSING OUT THE FOOD OUTSIDE THIS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS BUILDING IN THE PORTLAND AREA DONATED BY HIP HOP MOGUL. JAY-Z’S COMPANY BROCK NATION ROCK NATION HAS BEEN A CHAMPION OF PROVIDING RESOURCES TO ORGANIZERS TO ACTIVISTS THEY ARE ALWAYS GAME FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOR ANYTHING THAT BRINGS SOME SORT OF JOY OR SOME HOPE TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FOR GWEN AND OTHERS IN HER SHOES. SHE HOPES TO PROVIDE THAT GLIMMER OF JOY AND HOPE THIS WEEKEND AND I’M GONNA GIVE OUT INTO THE BOXES ARE GONE. I’M GONNA BE IT GIVING IT O