Magnolia Mother’s Trust supports Black women with guaranteed income payments

Aisha Nyandoro, the founding CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, says her nonprofit launched the first guaranteed income program for Black women in Jackson, Mississippi, to address the need and the lack of social safety in the U.S.

“We don’t have a federal minimum wage for individuals to make, to have, a liveable income,” said Nyandoro during  Monday’s edition of “Closer Look’s” Paycheck to Paycheck series.

Nyandoro, who serves on the board of Georgia’s In Her Hands,  further explained to program Rose Scott that since the inception of Magnolia Mother’s Trust in 2018, it has supported 220 women by providing them with $ 1,000 a month, $12,000 a year without restrictions.