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Kevin Warren Announces Creation of Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition

In response to the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren has created the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, he announced Monday in an open letter.

Warren has invited student-athletes, coaches, chancellors and university presidents and others to join the coalition and work together to fight racism and hate.

From Warren's letter:

On Monday, May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a proud Black man, was killed by a member of law enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Emmett Till.