Our third Hero Award goes to musician John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen.People have been protesting in NY to express their outrage over the recent grand jury decisions in the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. A number of celebrities have also expressed their opinions on the matter, but this celebrity couple decided to put their money where their tweets are.
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| Chrissy Teigen, John Legend |
The trucks were organized by Operation Help or Hush, which grew from Twitter exchanges into on-the-streets protests.
And by the way, even though they were publicly thanked - on Twitter, of course - the couple has not directly acknowledged being the source of the money for this.
Taking the action while not seeking the credit is hard for any of us, I expect, we all have egos, and I also expect it's even truer for celebrities since their lives so often are organized around publicity. Which is another reason to say that John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are heroes.
Sources cited in links:
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/12/08/john-legend-and-chrissy-teigen-hire-food-trucks-to-feed-hungry-nyc/21004091/
http://operationhelporhush.org/
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