'We wanted to explore what would happen if institutional power and resources were used in the service of Black women and not for their confinement and destruction.' From SpringboardToOp:
Although the initial pilot was small, the findings have been mighty. Collectively, mothers paid off over $10,000 in predatory debt. The evaluation results also showed extremely promising effects on families: More than double the amount of households were preparing the majority of their food at home. The women saw a 15 percent increase in employment, and 60 percent of mothers reported borrowing money at least once in the prior six months at the start of the project.
“I was able to not have to ask people for half of my bills, I’m able to pay them all,” said Erania Smith, a mother of four returning to school for a degree in administrative assistance who took part in the first round of the program. “It just felt that I had a weight lifted off of my shoulders because that stipend, then and now, is truly a blessing. It’s still helping me and my family out as we speak.
Black women are disproportionately harmed standing in those gaps. This is the American nightmare. This is what slow genocide looks like. And there comes a time when we have to say no more. The Magnolia Mother’s Trust will move from a pilot project to a full demonstration project in March 2020, providing financial support and social capital to a minimum of 75 Black women and their children. We are excited about the magic and possibilities that will materialize as these women are given an opportunity to author their own lives.
It’s past time to abandon the “in spite of”—and find out what it looks to live and operate in freedom.
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