While Nyandoro is glad to be able to offer the additional resources, she also feels they are wholly inadequate to address the magnitude of the problems facing the families she works with and the larger structural inequities that continue to limit economic opportunities for people of color.
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“Really we just saw individuals for the first time having the breathing room to sit down and actually plan for their immediate needs but also the future,” Nyandoro said. “Cash allows you the ability to actually plan and that’s what a lot of us take for granted.”
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Aisha Nyandoro is the CEO of Springboard To Opportunities, which supports low-income housing residents. She also started the Magnolia Mother’s Trust, which provides African-American moms in Jackson, Miss., $1,000 in cash each month for a year — no strings attached.