Eastside Riders Bike Club Received a NFL Foundation Players’ Community Service Grant from Las Vegas Raiders’ DeSean Jackson

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Eastside Riders Bike Club

PRESS RELEASE

Eastside Riders Bike Club, a community-based, initiative, founded by John Jones III and John Jones, Jr., is the recipient of the prestigious NFL Foundation Players’ Community Service Match grant from NFL All Pro, DeSean Jackson, of the Las Vegas Raiders, whose professional career includes the Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Football Team and Los Angeles Rams.

DeSean Jackson states that he chose to identify several grassroots organizations, in Los Angeles, that are making social impacts in their communities to distribute his NFL Foundation Players’ match grant to support their mission and work in the community.

DeSean and his mother, Gayle Jackson, Co-Founders, of the DeSean Jackson Foundation, chose the Eastside Riders Bike Club for the exemplary work that they are doing as Black, positive role models, in the Watts community; and, their ability to cultivate key partnerships in both the public and private sectors while advocating for equality across race, gender, education, food insecurity, and economic investment in Watts.

The Jacksons also commend the Eastside Riders Bike Club for cultivating its key partnership with the Sister of Watts over the years because according to Gayle Jackson, President, of the DeSean Jackson Foundation, “collaborative efforts make a substantial impact in leveraging our ability to achieve an equitable, fair and just society where we can become the architects of our own destiny”.

Eastside Riders Bike Club – Co-Founders:

John Jones III

John Jones, Jr.

More About Eastside Riders Bike Club:

Mission:

To prevent kids from being in gangs and doing drugs, helping those in need, and education all who seek to enrich the community.

Purpose:

ESR seeks to positively impact the following community needs: Inadequate Organized Recreational Outlets for local youth in the Watts area, a community that is rife with high rates of child obesity, asthma and other respiratory challenges amongst youth; lack of Safe Passage and Travel Routes: while Watts is a very small community, there are clear gang-related boundaries and territories that limit the movement of local youth based on where they reside; Lack of Resources- families lack the resources to purchase bikes, safety gear, and/or other necessary equipment.

COME RIDE WITH US!

Come enjoy a fun filled day with our bike club at any of our events, and if you like riding with us then you can enjoy a lifetime of friendship and fun with East Side Riders Bike Club. We take such pride in providing a complete bike family experience from the moment you arrive you will never want to leave. Also join us for our Ride to Feed the Hungry Series every 4th Friday of the Month unless noted. 136,226 Meals have been served, in the Watts community, to-date. Website: https://esrbc.org

More About the NFL Foundation Players’ Community Match Grant Program

This grant is designed to provide nonprofit organizations with funding of up to $5,000 on behalf of a current or former NFL player who has donated financially to a nonprofit organization doing work to better the community . This grant allows NFL players and Legends to help support broad community efforts through the work of nonprofit organizations. Areas of support include, but are not limited to, Disease Prevention and Awareness, Mental Health, Youth Health & Fitness, Military Appreciation, Disaster Relief, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Character Education, Anti-Bullying, Animal Welfare, etc. In order to be eligible for match funding (1:1 match must be provided by the current or former NFL player applicant).

Sisters of Watts Received NFL Foundation Players’ Community Service Grant from Las Vegas Raiders’ DeSean Jackson

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Robin Daniels, Keisha Daniels, Penny Daniels, Jessie Crummie

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Sisters of Watts, a community-based, initiative founded by Robin Daniels, her sisters (Keisha and Penny Daniels), and their cousin, Jessie Crummie, is the recipient of the prestigious NFL Foundation Players’ Community Service Match grant from former LA Rams’, DeSean Jackson, who is a Las Vegas Raider.

Sisters of Watts

DeSean Jackson states that he chose to identify several grassroots organizations, in Los Angeles, that are making social impacts in their communities to distribute his NFL Foundation Players’ match grant to support their mission and work in the community.

DeSean and his mother, Gayle Jackson, Co-Founders, of the DeSean Jackson Foundation, chose the Sisters of Watts for the exemplary work that they are doing in the Watts community; and, their ability to cultivate key partnerships in both the public and private sectors while advocating for equality across race, gender, education, employment, healthcare and economic investment in Watts. Furthermore, Jackson said that the ladies, of the Sisters of Watts, remind him so much of his phenomenal mother, Gayle; and the integral role she has played in his life and also impacted each of the communities where he was privileged to play in the NFL; regardless of whether or not the team, city or fans embraced us and our foundation. “I am humbled and honored to have the Sisters of Watts advocating for our community”, states DeSean Jackson.

More About the Sisters of Watts

Our Mission is to unite neighborhoods, promote community, strengthen families, and form meaningful relationships

Website: https://www.sistersofwatts.org/

More About the NFL Foundation Players’ Community Match Grant Program

This grant is designed to provide nonprofit organizations with funding of up to $5,000 on behalf of a current or former NFL player who has donated financially to a nonprofit organization doing work to better the community . This grant allows NFL players and Legends to help support broad community efforts through the work of nonprofit organizations. Areas of support include, but are not limited to, Disease Prevention and Awareness, Mental Health, Youth Health & Fitness, Military Appreciation, Disaster Relief, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Character Education, Anti-Bullying, Animal Welfare, etc. In order to be eligible for match funding (1:1 match must be provided by the current or former NFL player applicant),

DeSean Jackson Foundation: 2021 FAST Camp – Final Photos

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2021 DeSean Jackson Foundation FAST Camp – California Lutheran University, Stadium

Coach Travis Clark, Lawndale High School, Football Coach, Team Jackson

Coach Gary Cablayan, CEO, Evo Sports Training, Team Jackson

Coach Irving Booker, Team Jackson, and FAST Camp logistics coordinator

Byron Jackson, DeSean Jackson and Gayle Jackson, President, DeSean Jackson Foundation

Shock Doctor Back Packs and mouth guards, LA Rams lanyards, recyclable bags and DeSean’s camp tee shirts for all.

Thanks Cane’s Across America for providing your famous Cane’s chicken fingers for our camp.

Thank you HAPPY ICE for providing cool treats!

Coach Gary demonstrates how other lucrative career paths are available in the sports industry.

Coach Gary really impressed and empowered the young student-athletes at the Fast Camp.

DeSean Jackson Foundation: Photos – Parents’ University Forum at 2021 FAST Camp

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Photo Credits: Team NIL Media

Note: Due to Corona Virus concerns, the 12th Annual DeSean Jackson Foundation FAST Camp was a 2-day event this year with a limited capacity of 200 youth, their coaches, families and media. The event was held at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California.

Photos from: July 23, 2021 – Registration, Meet and Greet with DeSean Jackson and the Parent University Forum & Q&A Session

DeSean and Gayle Jackson at Meet & Greet.

Gayle Jackson, President, DeSean Jackson Foundation

Event Venue: California Lutheran University, William Rolland Stadium, 3256 Luther Avenue, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

More About the venue:

William Rolland Stadium

Home to Kingsmen Football, Kingsmen and Regals Soccer

William Rolland Stadium and Gallery of Fine Art is the newest addition to the athletics complex on north campus. The two-story stadium, completed in fall 2011, has 2,000 fixed seats, an artificial turf field and outdoor sports lighting for football, soccer and intramural matches. The two-story stadium, which is designed to meet NCAA standards, will has approximately 2,000 fixed seats in the bleacher structure, a permanent artificial turf field and outdoor sports lighting. The facility will include an art gallery, coaches offices, locker rooms, meeting rooms and treatment/taping facilities. Approximately 460 overflow parking spaces will be added to accommodate additional guests at the new facility.

Named for the generous lead donor William Rolland, the stadium is located on the north side of Olsen Road, west of the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center. Included in the 16,000-square-foot facility is the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, which houses pieces of bronze statuary, paintings and other items from Bill Rolland’s collection.

DeSean Jackson Foundation Supports Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium Testing in Philadelphia’s Marginalized Communities

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On May 25, 2020, DeSean Jackson, of the Philadelphia Eagles, and his charity, the DeSean Jackson Foundation, awarded a $5,000.00 NFL Foundation Players’ Social Justice Fund grant to the Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium “BDCC”. BDCC is Philadelphia’s first mobile Covid testing site which was launched by Dr. Ala Stanford using her personal assets, a small grant from the CARES Act and a Go Fund Me Page. 

DeSean Jackson states that health professionals have rightly called racism a public health crisis and the Corona Virus pandemic has emerged as perhaps the most telling example of the impact disparities in healthcare in our nation’s history.  While more than 138,000 people in the United States have died from from COVID-19 roughly 18% of them are Black, though only 13% of Americans are Black.  Furthermore, in Philadelphia, Black people are disproportionately affected by the pandemic and have accounted for half of the 23,951 positive cases of COVID-19 and more than half of the 1,433 people who have died  from the virus as of June 10th, while the city’s Black residents make up about 44% of the population. Yet, the city has failed to focus on serving the crucial for testing in the Black community and many Black residents face barriers to accessing the city’s testing sites.  Therefore, DeSean Jackson deemed Dr. Ala Stanford’s Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium a worthy recipient of the prestigious NFL Foundation Social Justice Players’ Fund grant for her social justice and humanitarian efforts.

 

Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

To date, Stanford and her Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium have tested more than 5,000 residents at 22 triage-mobile testing events in partnership with Philadelphia’s Black churches.  Roughly 96% of those tested are Black, Stanford said. “This whole enterprise came from a life of being Black in America and having to wait, of people telling you, “Be patient, don’t worry, help is coming.  “I was tired of waiting for someone to save us.”  Stanford said it costs roughly $25,000 a day to test between 250 and 300 people and with no vaccine available for COVID-19 in the foreseeable future it is imperative that the city provide funding to sustain BDCC because #BlackLivesMatter.

Gayle Jackson, President, DeSean Jackson Foundation has been advocating for additional support for BCDD.  Gayle states that Dr. Stanford’s business model consists of the free COVID-19 testing, outreach to marginalized communities; and, a concierge-after care and wrap around service.  This meets a critical gap in services because the vulnerable population BCDD serves needs assistance when a positive diagnosis is received; and, access to healthcare and resources for those afflicted, their loved ones and support for the caregivers.  Mrs. Jackson  immediately reached out to Julie Hirsey, Director of Community Affairs, Philadelphia Eagles, when Gayle learned that a bid BCDD had submitted to the City of Philadelphia for $6.9 million in funding for testing from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention to expands its operations and perform contact tracing was declined. [Philadelphia Eagles’ also have a Social Justice Fund.]

DeSean Jackson said the issue of the rejection of the Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium bid raised his awareness and social consciousness to the City of Philadelphia’s longer-term failure to develop and cultivate an effective W/MBE system. [Women and Minority Business Enterprises].  For instance, in the 2019 fiscal year, business enterprises owned by people of color were only awarded 36% of the city’s contracts, amounting roughly $254 million, according to the city’s Office Economic Opportunity 2019 report.  He advocated behind the scenes for a reversal of the city’s decision.

Status To Date:

On, June 9, 2020, Jim Kenney, Philadelphia Mayor, Thomas Farley, Health Commissioner; and, members of the City of Philadelphia City Council announced the commitment to provide funding to the Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium during a news conference at Enon Baptist Tabernacle Church where BDCC was providing free Corona Virus testing.  The $1.3 million city contract will last six months with the potential to continue the partnership.

On June 11, 2020, Dr. Stanford and the Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium entered into a partnership with SEPTA, the 6th largest transportation system in the United States, to provide free COVID-19 testing at four transit stations, in Philadelphia.  The partnership comes at a critical moment for SEPTA.  The 9,500-strong workforce lost seven colleagues to the Corona Virus; and, nearly 300 employees have tested positive for the virus.  While 60% of those afflicted have returned to work and new safety measures are in place, the region is in the midst of a re-opening that will increase risk for SEPTA employees.

– Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium performing on-site testing at SEPTA. 

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For More Information About:

DeSean Jackson Foundation:  Joie Adams,  deseanjacksonfoundationceo@yahoo.com

National Football League Foundation:  Please visit – https://www.nflfoundation.org

Black Doctors’ Covid-19 Consortium:

https://www.fox29.com/video/674593

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-05-03/the-black-doctor-covid-19-consortium-video

 

DeSean Jackson Foundation Receives NFL Foundation Social Justice Grant

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The DeSean Jackson Foundation has been awarded a social justice grant from the National Football League Foundation, the league’s non-profit which represents the 32 NFL teams.
DeSean Jackson at Ernest Just Elementary, Tampa, Florida

Ire Carolina, Principal, Ernest Just Elementary, DeSean Jackson, CEO, DeSean Jackson Foundation, 2018 DJF Book Distribution Day, Tampa, Florida

The NFL Social Justice Grant is designed to provide non-profit organizations with funding, on behalf of a current or former NFL player who matches the NFL grant, to effect social change. The grant is used to fund organizations, programs or initiatives that reduce barriers to opportunity. Areas of priority include, but are not limited to education, criminal justice reform, community/police relations; and, can also address poverty, racial equality and workforce/economic development.
DeSean Jackson’s Omega Gents’ Mentees, Tampa, Florida (Shakur Jasper, Adviser)

The DeSean Jackson Foundation (“DJF”) is a 501 (C)(3), public charity that was founded by DeSean Jackson, of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his mother, Gayle Jackson, in 2010, in memory of his father who died from Pancreatic Cancer, when DeSean was a Philadelphia Eagle rookie. Over the years, DJF has expanded its focus and outreach to several NFL franchise markets (Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) addressing the specific needs of marginalized communities and vulnerable individuals and families in these markets.
Gayle Jackson, President, DeSean Jackson Foundation and Byron Jackson, CEO/Founder, Play 4 Life Inc.
Byron Jackson, Dr. Baretta Wilson, Principal, Stewart Middle School, DeSean Jackson – 2018 DJF Book Distribution at Stewart Middle School, Tampa, Florida

The NFL Social Justice Grant will provide crucial funding to support existing DJF priority areas: addressing poverty, advocating for the impoverished and disenfranchised, racial equality, community relations, education, hunger, disparities in access to healthcare; and,to expand the newly launched “Play 4 Life” Academy, in partnership with his brother Byron Jackson, in Hillsborough Public Schools, Tampa, Florida. The grant will also augment the work that DeSean Jackson began as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer 2018 Social Justice Player Board Member who is committed to making an impact in the Tampa community.

ABOUT: NFL Social Justice Fund. To learn more about the NFL Foundation Social Justice Fund, please visit http://www.nflfoundation.org

ABOUT: Play 4 Life Academy. To learn more about the Play 4 Life Academy, please contact Byron Jackson, Sports Rhythmn LLC. https://sportsrhthms.net