On Thursday, April 21, 2022 we hosted a Night of Storytelling – a night filled with shared stories and conversation with Magnolia Mother’s Trust moms and Kiese Laymon, the award-winning author of Heavy: An American Memoir and several other books and essay. You can watch the livestream on-demand here!
The Magnolia Mothers Trust
What does a successful guaranteed income program look like? Jackson might have the answer
Last week, Springboard invited the moms to share their stories about the program and Black motherhood more broadly during a live storytelling event.
This basic income program gives no-strings-attached cash to moms living in extreme poverty
In 2021, Magnolia Mother’s Trust—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—gave $1,000 a month to its third cohort of Mississippi Black moms in extreme poverty, helping them pay their bills, buy food, and save for emergencies.
The Big Money Myths
If you don’t feel great about the way you deal with money or how much you know about the intricacies of finance, you’re not alone. Our culture encourages excessive consumption, financial systems were designed to be complicated, and money myths are hard to escape.
Cash as Care: Healthy Moms. Healthy Families. Healthy Communities.
How Cash Payments Changed Low-Income Americans’ Lives
Cash was key to tackling US inequality during Covid-19. But for women who received monthly guaranteed income, it was far more than a pandemic stopgap.