In 2018, Aisha Nyandoro, the Founding CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, created the Magnolia Mother’s Trust – a new initiative that provides low-income, Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi $1,000 cash on a monthly basis for one year straight, no strings attached. Now, it's the country’s longest-running guaranteed income program, and the only one in the world to focus on Black women.

Aisha executes this work with whole hearted optimism, a sense of humor and so much humanity. I hope it’s contagious, and inspiring, and if nothing else, it helps open a conversation within yourself about our own privilege and how we determine deservedness.

In this episode, you will hear about Aisha’s work on shifting gendered and racialized narratives around poverty and deservedness, and how the success of Magnolio Mother’s Trust can be scaled nationally through Federal policies.

You can learn more about Aisha and Springboard to Opportunities from their website:

https://springboardto.org/

Connect with Springboard to Opportunities on Instagram @springboard_to

Cashing our Trillions is Hosted and Produced by Common Solutions Media and Yvonne So. You can connect with me on Instagram @yso_mom, LinkedIn @yvonnecot, or e-mail me at cashingourtrillions@gmail.com

Sound Engineering by Tiezheng Shen. You can reach him at dacapopresents@gmail.com

Cover artwork graphic design by Jessie Li. You can reach her at jessieli.pers@gmail.com

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