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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates $3M To Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp

<p>Roommates&comma; a lot of you guys have been asking the platforms and brands we support to open their wallets to help fight this good fight&comma; and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has done just that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a tweet&comma; Jack announces that he will be shelling out a &dollar;3 million donation to Colin Kaepernick&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;colin-kaepernick-talks-about-the-incident-that-sparked-his-activism-and-the-idea-for-his-know-your-rights-camp&sol;">Know Your Rights Camp<&sol;a>&excl; He says the money will be used to &&num;8220&semi;advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education&comma; self-empowerment&comma; mass-mobilization to elevate the next generation of change leaders&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1268306959419109376" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kaepernick&&num;8217&semi;s camp recently extended a legal defense initiative aimed at covering the legal bills for those on the front lines in Minnesota&comma; where George Floyd was tragically killed&period; The campaign announced it will provide legal assistance to &&num;8220&semi;Freedom Fighters&&num;8221&semi;&comma; or anyone who has been a victim of police brutality while fighting injustice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jack is not the first celeb to blow a bag for the great cause&comma; however&period; As we previously reported&comma; The Weeknd also donated &dollar;200&comma;000 to Know Your Rights&comma; which is only a portion of his &dollar;500&comma;000 contribution to several Black Lives Matter campaigns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Keep supporting our brothers and sisters out there risking everything to push for actual change for our black lives&comma;&&num;8221&semi; The Weeknd wrote in an Instagram post announcing his donations&period; &&num;8220&semi;Urging everyone with deep pockets to give and give big and if you have less give what you can even if it&&num;8217&semi;s a small amount&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jack Dorsey has also pledged money to a list of noble causes&comma; 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