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The
Rematch:
Legendary
MSU-UM
football
rivalry
being
leveraged
for 2nd
annual
fundraiser
for Rape
Kit
effort
DETROIT
- A
six-day
fundraiser
that
leverages
the
legendary
football
rivalry
between
the
University
of
Michigan
and
Michigan
State
University
to raise
money to
process
hundreds
of
untested
rape
kits
kicks
off
again
just in
time for
the real
match-up
on the
field.
Beginning
Monday,
October
24th and
through
midnight
Saturday,
October
29th,
teams
will see
who can
outraise
their
rival
school
in
support
of the
African
American
490
Challenge
of
Enough
SAID, an
effort
to fund
tests of
1,341
rape
kits.
Fans of
each
team---ESPN
Sports
Commentator
Jemele
Hill
will
lead
Team
Spartans,
while
Fab
Fiver
Jimmy
King
will
head up
Team
Wolverines---
will
urge
others
to
donate
to the
effort
between
Monday,
October
24th and
the end
of the
big game
on
October
29th.
“We know
how big
this
rivalry
is in
Michigan,
and last
year was
so
successful,
we
thought
it was a
good
idea to
bring it
back,”
said Kim
Trent,
the
president
of the
AA490
Challenge.
“Of
course,
like any
other
competition,
the
losing
team
certainly
wants a
shot at
revenge.”
Last
year’s
effort,
which
brought
in more
than
$30,000,
was won
by Team
Wolverines.
The
teams –
featuring
high-profile
alums of
the
University
of
Michigan
and
Michigan
State
University
- will
use
their
social
media
platforms
to rally
their
fellow
alumni
to raise
donations
for the
effort.
Donors
who
visit
Crowdrise
by
clicking
the
donate
button
on
www.aa490challenge.org
should
denote
on which
team’s
behalf
the
contribution
is being
made.
Team
Wolverines
members
are:
Coach:
Jimmy
King,
former
U-M
basketball
standout;
Kym
Worthy,
Wayne
County
Prosecutor;
Shauna
Ryder
Diggs,
chair,
University
of
Michigan
Board of
Regents;
Former
State
Rep.
Lisa
Howze
and
LaToya
Henry,
chief
operating
officer,
WardHill
Omni
Media.
Team
Spartans
members
are:
Coach
Jemele
Hill,
co-host,
ESPN's
"His and
Hers"
show;
Lisa
Whitmore
Davis,
community
activist;
Alicia
Nails,
director,
Journalism
Institute
for
Media
Diversity
(Wayne
State
University);
Paris
Ross,
national
president,
Michigan
State
University
Black
Alumni
Inc. and
Kendra
Howard,
a member
of Alpha
Kappa
Alpha
sorority.
More
than
five
years
ago,
11,341
unopened,
untested
rape
kits
were
found in
a
Detroit
Police
Department
storage
unit.
Enough
SAID
(Enough
Sexual
Assault
in
Detroit)
was
formed
to raise
money
for the
testing
of the
kits. To
date,
10,000
rape
kits
have
been
tested.
The
African
American
490
Challenge
of
Enough
Said is
a
campaign
by a
coalition
of
African
American
women
and
organizations
to raise
$657,090,
which
represents
the cost
of
testing
the
remaining
1,341
rape
kits at
$490
each.
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