Hope Wollensack, the executive director of the Georgia Resiliency and Opportunity Fund, says the majority of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency — and the economic insecurity and the growing wealth divide are often concentrated in communities of color and among women.
“We really need solutions, policies, programs that are bold and are changing the paradigm, that are taking a new approach to these entrenched problems,” explained Wollensack.
Wollensack and Atlanta City Councilmember Farokhi were guests on Monday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
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