In the height of the George Floyd riots, the Nebraska Cornhuskers were in the midst of moving into self-quarantine to get ready for off-season workouts. The team watched on in the news while the coaching staff took note of the desire to do something among the players to help. While the team did release the below video on the program’s Twitter account, they still wanted more than that.
In light of this desire, Head Coach Fred Hoiberg reached out to the nearby Malone Center’s Executive Director John Goodwin. Per their website, the Malone Center “started as a community center in the midst of the civil rights era as a platform for creating racial and socioeconomic equality.