New York, New York | April 1st, 2020 — New York author and creator of the #BlackPantherChallenge, Frederick Joseph, has raised over $160,000 on GoFundMe to help his followers who find themselves in a difficult moment paying bills during COVID19. Frederick began the #RentRelief effort on Friday, March 27th and has donated over $40,000 to date and plans to give $10,000 daily on Twitter and Instagram.

Frederick saw the need when followers were asking if he could help them -- so he has. All his followers have to do is respond under designated posts with their story and CashApp, Zelle, or PayPal account and he sends chosen people $200 to help them.

The effort has been shared widely and the requests have poured in. As of today, Frederick has received over 20,000 requests on social media for assistance.

Frederick Joseph successfully created the #BlackPantherChallenge, an international movement that raised over $950,000 to send over 73,000 children to see the Black Panther film for free in 2018. He’s been rallying behind community based GoFundMes ever since, having raised over $1.5 million to date for similar good causes.

GoFundMe Page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/coronavirus-rent-relief-fund

Primary Tweet: https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/1244264366972850176?s=20

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