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Question of the Day By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press - Friday, January 8, 2021
The NFL expanded its social Justice initiative Inspire Change on Friday by awarding 13 new grants to nonprofit organizations across the country.
The league and teams, who now have committed more than $95 million in the initiative, also will provide funding to support closing the digital divide.
“We’re focused on the gap in access to technology and technological hardware and software, and we’re seeing it really exacerbated during the pandemic,” says Anna Isaacson, the NFL’s senior vice president of social responsibility. “It’s a much bigger issue with kids learning at home and schools having difficulty opening. These are digital divide issues, very local issues.