For people who were already struggling financially before the pandemic, lack of access to savings meant that losing a job could quickly become catastrophic.
The Magnolia Mothers Trust
Front and Center: Two Years After Receiving Guaranteed Income, This Family Is Still Feeling the Benefits
“The payments have been really helpful in paying for all the dues my kids have—my daughter’s choir and band, my son’s band uniforms and fees, that’s $500 right there.”
Equalizing Entrepreneurial Power: How Guaranteed Income Can Spur Black Innovation
Dr. King’s dream of economic justice and his fight for an economic Bill of Rights is getting new life in his childhood neighborhood, Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. That’s where Georgia recently launched a guaranteed income pilot program,
In Mississippi, a long-running guaranteed income program is helping Black mothers
In the U.S. 30% of families headed by Black mothers live below the poverty line. But one initiative in Mississippi is trying to address that problem with a guaranteed income program called Magnolia Mother’s Trust.
Black women in Martin Luther King Jr.’s neighborhood will soon receive monthly cash payments
A new guaranteed income program will send $850 monthly payments to Black women over two years, beginning in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, where King popularized the idea of direct cash payments half a century ago.
Front and Center: Guaranteed Income Helped Amber Be a Better “All-Around Support System” for her Kids
“I’m in a good place right now, things are going well. So I’m just trying to focus on that and build on it. Being part of the Magnolia Mother’s Trust helped me out a lot with my bills.”