Here’s How ‘Orange is the New Black’ is Giving Back to Honor a Beloved Character

Orange is the New Black and Netflix have launched a new charity fund in honor one of the show’s beloved characters.

Ahead of the debut of the show’s final season, Netflix has announced The Poussey Washington Fund that will offer microloans to released convicts to support them building new lives.

The fund is named after fan-favorite character Poussey Washington – portrayed by Samira Wiley – who was killed by a prison guard in season four. Her death then launched a riot within the prison.

The fund will spread out every donation equally to eight already-existing nonprofit groups.

Samira released a statement saying how honored she was to have the fund named after her character.

“It’s just a TV show, at the end of the day, but it’s changing people’s minds and hopefully with this fund it will be changing people’s lives — getting them the education that they need, getting them the health care and the mental health care that they might need,” Samira said via USA Today.

You can donate to The Poussey Washington Fund here.

The seventh and final season of Orange is the New Black will be released on Netflix on Friday, July 26.

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