Teamsters Local 399 Membership Approves $500,000 COVID-19 Relief Fund To Aid Members In Extreme Financial Hardship

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAvengers: Endgame actor and New Orleans native Anthony Mackie has teamed with United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA), the New Orleans Council on Aging (NOCOA) and Entergy New Orleans to launch the United for Grocery Workers Relief Fund which supports struggling grocery store employees throughout Orleans Parish by providing them with a one-time $150 direct credit toward workers’ Entergy New Orleans utility bills.Since the start of the coronavirus

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter10K Projects has announced the formation of 10K Together, a charitable arm of the company whose initial focus will be to combat racist policies and racial injustice, create career opportunities for Black youth and support Black-owned businesses, according to the announcement.

Chris Redd has launched a COVID-19 protest relief fund to help cover medical costs for people involved in protests against the May 25 killing of George Floyd. The fund was initiated by the Saturday Night Live castmember onGoFundMe on Tuesday, and seeks a goal of $250,000 to assist with COVID-19 testing, hospital bills and treatment, injuries sustained while protesting and bail relief and court expenses for protesters.

While people are fighting one battle in America, they are also at risk of another.  As the Black Lives Matter movement wages on in the wake of George Floyd's death, protests have sparked nationwide against police brutality and racial injustice, simultaneously bringing people physically together after months of social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Given the physical proximity of protesting in large crowds, participants are at an increased risk of contracting the deadly virus, an

The Toronto artist also called on the likes of Universal Music Group, Spotify and Apple Music to go "big and public" with their donations

Jennifer Aniston has been doing her bit in order to help the healthcare workers and the victims suffering from Coronavirus and also the people facing its impact. Last month, the FRIENDS alum gave a USD 10000 gift card to a nurse who tested positive for COVID-19 after working on the frontline.

The Weeknd is ready to give back. As protests continue around the world after the death of George Floyd, one rapper has donated a total of $500,000 to various Black Lives Matter causes.

The Weeknd is using his wealth for good. The 30-year-old Canadian singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, took to Instagram on Monday night to publicly share some recent donations to organizations supporting the Black Lives matter movement in the hopes that others will do the same. 

The Weeknd has made a huge donation to numerous Black Lives Matter causes.

The Weeknd has announced that he has donated $500,000 to various causes that are part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

GOT7‘s Mark Tuan is helping out.

Bon Iver joined the national outrage over the unlawful death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died shortly after a Minnesota police officer knelt on his neck, suffocating him.As a result, protests for justice have spanned throughout Minneapolis and other big cities in the United States. "The hurt and rage in Minneapolis-Saint Paul right now are harrowing," Bon Iver wrote in a statement via Twitter on Friday (May 29).

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Haiku Hands, Tkay Maidza, Jaguar Jonze and Miiesha are among the first five winners of the Levi’s Music Prize, which has been reimagined this year to spread the net of support to more Australian and New Zealand musicians during the health crisis.The winning acts all pocket $4,500 cash, as will The Beths, who become the first New Zealand act to share in the prize, which has been redesigned this year as the Levi’s Music Relief Fund.Now in its fourth year, the quarterly honor is said to be the

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Getting messy — again. Jeremy Renner accused his ex-wife, Sonni Pacheco, of misusing money from their daughter Ava’s trust fund in new court documents obtained by Us Weekly.

Jeremy Renner has accused his ex-wife Sonni Pacheco of misappropriating nearly $50,000 (£40,400) from their seven-year-old daughter Ava’s trust fund.