Flavor Flav Launches Fundraiser To Assist Black Families Displaced By L.A. Wildfires

Flavor Flav is raising awareness about the aid Black families need as a result of the L.A. wildfires.

The Public Enemy co-founder announced the launch of a fundraiser to benefit Black families who are displaced throughout L.A. County

PEOPLE reports that Flavor Flav has partnered with GoFundMe and the Black Music Action Coalition to “immediately help” Black families displaced by the Eaton Fire in the Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods in L.A. 

Taking to Instagram, Flavor Flave shared his vision to help victims of the devastating fires

“So many of y’all have helped in the aftermath of the L.A. fires…so many of y’all have received help,” Flav wrote in the caption. “But there’s SO MANY more that REALLY need your help. It’s been inspiring to see so many people come together as one to lift each other up, and I just want to highlight one aspect of the larger LA community in dire need.”

According to Flav, assistance has been slow to come to residents of the area.

“Not enough is being done for the Black families and community in the aftermath of the California fires,” Flav said. “I urge not only Black artists and musicians and creators, but EVERYONE to come together. And continue to help those in still in desperate need.”

Currently sitting at a little over $40,000, the fundraiser was created to “the collective efforts to generate funds in support of Black families as they navigate displacement, loss of income, grief [and] essential needs in the short-term as they seek to rebuild.”

Recipients of the funds will be selected from a consolidated list entitled Displaced Black Families GoFundMe Directory. The list was created by Community Aid Dena, AFROPUNK and WalkGood LA.

“The Black community in Altadena shares a rich, historic, and resilient legacy, one spanning multiple generations,” the fundraiser explained. “They paved a way for themselves through the Great Migration, segregation, redlining, and more to establish a community where their families could build, grow, and celebrate life together. Now, generations later they face an unimaginable tragedy brought on by the LA county wildfires.”

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