MISGUIDED MAGAZINE SPRING 2020

SPRING 2020
SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR
COLIN KAEPERNICK
Colin Kaepernick is a professional NFL Super Bowl quarterback who fights oppression globally. Originally fully
funded by Kaepernick, he founded the global Know Your Rights Camps to advance the liberation of Black and
Brown people through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems
that elevate the next generation of change leaders. In 2018, he completed his Million Dollar Pledge, where
he personally donated one million dollars to thirty-seven different organizations fighting for justice. He also
rallied the support of many friends including Alicia Keys, J. Cole, Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Steph Curry,
Zendaya and more, who matched his donations to raise an additional $400,000+ for these organizations to
continue their work on the ground in the communities.
He has done previous work with Camp Taylor, an organization helping children with congenital heart defects
after being adopted by parents who lost two children due to heart defects. Kaepernick has received the
Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, ACLU’s Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award, The
Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award, The
W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University’s Hutchins Center and was awarded the Len Eshmont by his
NFL teammates, which is considered the most prestigious honor the players vote on..
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