Issa Rae Launches Scholarship Fund For Alton Sterling's Children
Issa Rae Launches Scholarship Fund For Alton Sterling’s Children
Issa Rae, star and creator of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and the upcoming HBO series Insecure, has started a scholarship fund for the children of Alton Sterling.
“Can we get a scholarship fund going 4 #AltonSterling’s son/kids?” she tweeted Wednesday (July 6). “Some of us feel helpless when these things happen, but that’s a small step.”
Within hours of starting the fund via GoFundMe, $200,000 was raised. Entertainment Weekly reports that Rae reached out to the family’s attorney and will follow-up on Thursday (July 7).
Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old father of five, was fatally shot by police outside of a Louisiana convenience store on Tuesday. A graphic video of the altercation shows Sterling being held on the ground before being shot multiple times in the chest and back. The incident has sparked national protest, and a civil rights investigation has been opened by the Justice Department, the New York Times reports.
SOURCE: Twitter, Entertainment Weekly, New York Times | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
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