DETROIT – The Enough SAID African American 490 Challenge, an 18-month long effort to fund tests of 1,341 rape kits, announced Monday the kickoff of a social media fundraising campaign tied to the historic football rivalry between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.
Team Michigan, headed by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, and Team MSU, headed by ESPN Commentator and Detroit native Jemele Hill, will attempt to raise money between Monday and game day, which is Oct. 17 in Ann Arbor.
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The African American 490 Challenge of Enough Said is a campaign by a coalition of African American women and organizations to raise $657,090. The figure represents the cost of testing 1,341 rape kits at $490 each.
Read: Fundraising campaign aims to get remaining rape kits tested
The kits are what remain after 11,341 unopened, untested rape kits were found in a Detroit Police Department storage unit in 2009.
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"