Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD initiative pledged $6 million to support mental health efforts during the coronavirus pandemic
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, serving . Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images f Amid the various celebrity telecasts and efforts to lift spirits and offer support to charities during the coronavirus crisis, there has been one constant: Beyoncé. She appeared on the Disney Family Singalong to offer her support to Feeding America and health-care workers.
On now on April 23, Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD initiative announced that it is pledging $6 million in funding to support organizations that tackle an often-overlooked element of the coronavirus pandemic: the mental-health toll on communities and essential workers, in particular. In a statement, the organization announced that it is partnering with UCLA and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s #startsmall efforts to provide this $6 million “to organizations providing mental wellness services.
Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD recognizes the immense mental and personal health burdens being placed on essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In our major cities, African-Americans comprise a disproportionate number of workers in these indispensable occupations, and they will need mental health support and personal wellness care, including testing and medical services, food supplies and food deliveries, both during and after the crisis.
On April 7, Dorsey tweeted that he will pledge $1 billion of his equity in Square to “#startsmall LLC to fund global COVID-19 relief.” So it looks like relying on the goodwill of the ultrawealthy and famous to support coronavirus efforts while the government is reportedly blocking intercepting PPE access and bungling its public health management is where we are. However, if this is the particular dystopian lot we’ve been dealt, we’re grateful Beyoncé’s the one at the helm.
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