{"id":475139,"date":"2021-05-05T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=475139"},"modified":"2021-05-05T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:50:43","slug":"atlanta-activist-launches-fundraiser-for-nonprofit-hit-by-all-star-game-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-activist-launches-fundraiser-for-nonprofit-hit-by-all-star-game-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Activist Launches Fundraiser for Nonprofit Hit by All-Star Game Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fatlanta-activist-launches-fundraiser-for-nonprofit-hit-by-all-star-game-boycott%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=475139&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.902527075812\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/\">Latest News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Group serving underprivileged youths lost out on one of the &#8216;largest revenue-generating events&#8217; ever after MLB withdrawal<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-736x245-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-736x245.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-1024x341.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-768x256.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-1400x467.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tDarryl Wilson \/ Twitter\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 May 5, 2021 4:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"90.292599502488\">\n<p><span>An Atlanta activist is scrambling to raise thousands of dollars for a nonprofit serving underprivileged youths in order to make up for the shortfall created by Major League Baseball&#8217;s decision to relocate its All-Star Game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Men of Excellence is one of several nonprofits that raise money by staffing concession stands at Atlanta&#8217;s Truist Park. Special events like the MLB All-Star Game are especially lucrative\u2014the group expected to raise $50,000 from the festivities. The money would have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menofexcellenceinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>provided<\/span><\/a><span> rental assistance for single parents, sponsored mentorship programs for at-risk teens, and funded scholarships for metro Atlanta high schoolers, among other offerings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The group lost that crucial funding, however, when the league opted to move the game in response to a progressive pressure campaign over a Georgia voting law\u2014a decision President Joe Biden encouraged. Many Atlanta families &#8220;won&#8217;t receive the Men of Excellence services on which they rely&#8221; as a result, the group said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Darryl Wilson, who is black, the league&#8217;s &#8220;rash&#8221; judgment marked an unfortunate example of the &#8220;collateral damage of this partisan culture war currently gripping Georgia and our country.&#8221; The retired Navy pilot decided to organize a &#8220;Stand Up for Atlanta&#8221; fundraiser in an attempt to recoup the nonprofit&#8217;s losses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Lost in the frustration and anger from both sides of the aisle are the men and women who will lose out on one of the largest revenue-generating events they will see in their lifetime,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;Let&#8217;s stand up for Atlanta and make sure that even though the All-Star Game was taken away from the city, we look out for these organizations that are hurt the most by this decision.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MLB did not return a request for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>League commissioner Robert Manfred announced the All-Star Game relocation in an April <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/press-release\/press-release-mlb-statement-regarding-2021-all-star-game\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span>, which called the state&#8217;s election reform measures &#8220;restrictions to the ballot box.&#8221; Less than two days before the announcement, Biden told ESPN&#8217;s Sage Steele he would &#8220;strongly support&#8221; the move. Biden also claimed the voting law\u2014which he called &#8220;Jim Crow on steroids&#8221;\u2014would close polls early in the state. The law did not change voting hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>White House press secretary Jen Psaki sought to clarify Biden&#8217;s remark following pushback from Georgia&#8217;s elected officials. She claimed Biden was merely &#8220;conveying that he would support that decision if that decision was made by Major League Baseball&#8221; and not &#8220;calling for companies to boycott.&#8221; A recent <\/span><i><span>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/span><\/i><span> poll found roughly 54 percent of registered Georgia voters opposed the decision to move the game. It will now be played in Denver, which is 76 percent white, whereas Atlanta&#8217;s population is 51 percent black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Men of Excellence associate manager Kendole Clark thanked Wilson for launching the fundraiser, which can be viewed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/standupforatlanta?utm_campaign=p_cp_url&#038;utm_medium=os&#038;utm_source=customer\"><span>here<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We raise thousands of dollars to then put back into the lives of high schoolers in the Atlanta area,&#8221; Clark said in a statement. &#8220;We are grateful for Darryl&#8217;s willingness to try and raise some of the money back that will be lost with the All-Star Game being moved out of Georgia. Every dollar raised goes to helping change a young person&#8217;s life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News Group serving underprivileged youths lost out on one of the &#8216;largest revenue-generating events&#8217; ever after MLB withdrawal  Darryl Wilson \/ Twitter  Collin &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277398,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-736x245-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Atlanta Activist Launches Fundraiser for Nonprofit Hit by All-Star Game Boycott","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1500x500-736x245-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Atlanta Activist Launches Fundraiser for Nonprofit Hit by All-Star Game Boycott","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}