Allie Dowdle, 18, raised $35,000 to pay college expenses after her parents allegedly cut her off for dating a Black person.
People are turning to social funding platforms like GoFundMe to pay tuition. Generous strangers are making education goals possible.
Plus, man who wants to ‘protect Betty White from 2016’ sets up GoFundMe page and Black Lives Matter launches website to promote Black-owned businesses.
Larry Mitchell created a "Send Me Back To Africa," GoFundMe page on July 7, one day after the police shooting death of Philando Castile and two days after an officer fatally wounded Alton Sterling. In the wake of the shooting, the nation has deepened a widening divide over race relations and policing.
The family of 11-year-old La’Darious Wylie is celebrating his life after he died saving his 7-year-old sister in a fatal hit-and-run in North Carolina.
