Memphis raises $50K+ after state pulls funding — now what?
Wendi Thomas, a journalist, and one of the local activists Block said she's reached out to, said on Twitter that she understands the spirit of the fundraiser — but would rather see the money given to black progressive groups than to the city. "It’s funny — funny sad, not haha — that folks are falling over themselves to help the city PLAN a birthday party when 52 percent of black children here are poor," she wrote.