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By Megan Sayles,
\nAFRO Business Writer,
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\nmsayles@afro.com
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\nContributing Editor,
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The Durant Family Foundation and Bowie State University (BSU) have announced a $500,000 award\u00a0to the institution. BSU and the Foundation are calling for\u00a0Black athletes to \u201cgive back\u201d with investments in\u00a0 historically Black colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Nets power forward Kevin Durant formed the organization, which is led by Prince George\u2019s County philanthropist Wanda Durant.<\/p>\n

Thr $500,000 award went to the BSU Athletics Department. The funds will be used to revamp the A.C. Jordan Arena at Bowie State University,\u00a0 built in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

The Durant Family Foundation gift will also create a scholarship for Durant Center College Track students who attend the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is home,\u201d Wanda Durant said of the Prince George\u2019s County community where, as a single mother, she raised Anthony (Tony) and Kevin.\u00a0\u201cMy sons frequented here when they were younger. My son wants the community of Prince George\u2019s County to know that he\u2019s not forgotten about where he\u2019s come from,\u201d said Durant.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cHe realizes the importance of giving back, especially to an HBCU, because it has such an impact in our communities for generations to come. And, he\u2019s a Bulldog fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Durant Family Foundation, founded in 2013, has already renovated more than 25 basketball courts for kids and young adults around the world.<\/p>\n

Wanda Durant noted that her son, Kevin, decided to make the contribution because it would not only benefit BSU students but their families and communities as well. For him, education is the path to strengthening communities.<\/p>\n

The renovation at BSU will include the installation of a new basketball court, updates to the press box and the expansion of seating capacity in the arena.<\/p>\n

Coaches of BSU\u2019s men and women\u2019s basketball teams, Darrell Brooks and Shadae Swan, attended the announcement and expressed their excitement for the investment. Players from both BSU\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams had front row seats for the announcement, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s really no words to express our gratitude. I\u2019ve been here for the past 10 years and we\u2019ve been seriously in need of renovation for at least the past five,\u201d said Swan. \u201cYour gift makes that dream a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant\u2019s donation to BSU is just one in a handful of investments the National Basketball Association star\u00a0has made to Prince George\u2019s County.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Durant committed $10 million to establish College Track, a 10-year program that helps underprivileged students attend college, at the Durant Center in Suitland, Md.<\/p>\n

BSU President Aminta H. Breaux pointed out that while BSU and many other HBCUs across the nation have received larger gifts in recent years, Black colleges have been under-funded for years and are still closing the gap.<\/p>\n

\u201c39 percent of our students are first generation,\u201d said Breaux.\u00a0\u201cAs you look around this campus today, while we have new buildings on campus, we have over $75 million dollars in deferred payments. Many of our students continue to have that financial gap, and we need to close in on that gap. We\u2019re not there yet, our work continues,\u201d Breaux concluded.<\/p>\n

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