A list of the 2024 grantees for the Detroit Lions’ social justice initiative Detroit Lions Inspire Change was released today by the team.
Detroit Lions Inspire Change was established by Lions players and ownership after the 2018 NFL season, and it will provide grants totaling $471,000 to six Metro Detroit groups this year.
“Since launching the Inspire Change initiative in 2018, we as a unified locker room have been able to provide support to dozens of groups here in our city who are doing important work,” stated Lions T Taylor Decker. “The special platform we have allows us to take action and contribute toward causes that have personal meaning to us as players.”
Current Lions players identified the six organizations that were chosen this year: The Yunion, Alternatives for Girls, Athletes for Charity, Detroit Phoenix Center, Downtown Boxing Gym, Lomas Brown Jr. Foundation, and Detroit Phoenix Center. These organizations are leaders in improving the city of Detroit and its environs.
Lions Legend OT Lomas Brown, the founder of the Lomas Brown Jr. Foundation, said, “As a former Detroit Lion and a community activist, to have the support of the Detroit Lions players and the organization gives me the passion and the extra resources to go out and impact more kids and families.” “There is great pride in knowing that the impact being made in the community by all our organizations is appreciated by this young generation of players.”