The Vikings, through a $5 million commitment in June from the Wilf family, announced Tuesday the first steps toward distributing “nearly $1 million” toward social justice initiatives including voter education and registration, curriculum on racism and Black history, and law enforcement and criminal justice reform.
Meredith “Mimi” Kol-Balfour, a Minneapolis Southwest graduate, was also named the first recipient of a $5,000 George Floyd Legacy Scholarship established with a $125,000 endowment by the Vikings in June.
“The scholarship in memory of George Floyd was something that we talked about as a social justice group, as a committee to kind of honor him and help the next person in line,” linebacker Anthony Barr said.