The upcoming Michigan against Michigan State game is expected to be a hotly contested matchup for the state’s most decorated universities.
The Enough SAID African American 490 Challenge is launching a social media fundraising campaign for the testing of more than 1,000 rape kits in Detroit.
Team MSU is led by ESPN commentator and Spartan alum Jemele Hill and Team Michigan is led by Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy.
Visit Enough SAID Facebook page to support the movement.
Donors who contribute to the campaign online at https://www.crowdrise.com/AfricanAmerican490Challenge should include in their comments whether they are representing UM or MSU.
Team Michigan members are:
Quarterback: Kym Worthy, Wayne County Prosecutor; Dennis Archer Jr., president and CEO of Ignition Media Group; president and founding partner, Archer Corporate Services and owner, Central Kitchen + Bar; Megan Davis, president, University of Michigan Black Alumni; Shauna Ryder Diggs, chair, University of Michigan Board of Regents; Devin Gardner, former University of Michigan quarterback; LaToya Henry, chief operating officer, WardHill Omni Media; Denise Ilitch, University of Michigan Board of Regents; Llenda Jackson-Leslie, past national president, National Women’s Political Caucus; Lauren Lake, television judge, “Paternity Court”; Darci McConnell, president and CEO, McConnell Communications Inc.; Portia Roberson, director, City of Detroit Department of Human Rights.
Team MSU members are:
Quarterback Jemele Hill, co-host, ESPN’s “His and Hers” show; Kendra Howard, government relations manager, Sector Connections; Brittani Blackwell, immediate past national second vice president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.; Lisa Whitmore Davis, community activist; Ken Harris, president and CEO, Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc.; Karla Henderson, chief operating officer, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History; Alicia Nails, director, Journalism Institute for Media Diversity (Wayne State University); Paris Ross, national president, Michigan State University Black Alumni Inc.; Satori Shaoor, creator and producer, Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers; Robin Stone, journalist and author; Geneva S. Thomas., pop culture and style journalist, digital marketer and cast member, Bravo reality show “Blood, Sweat and Heels”
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