Ashoka Fellow Aisha Nyandoro has pioneered an approach to ending generational poverty for families. In 2018, she launched a guaranteed income program for Black mothers in Mississippi, and through its success has become a leading champion of federal guaranteed income, including the Child Tax Credit. Across all efforts, she and her team are changing the narrative about poverty and power, challenging long-standing prejudices about who deserves to make it in America, and countering gendered and r...
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Ashoka Fellow Aisha Nyandoro has pioneered an approach to ending generational poverty for families. In 2018, she launched a guaranteed income program for Black mothers in Mississippi, and through its success has become a leading champion of federal guaranteed income, including the Child Tax Credit. Across all efforts, she and her team are changing the narrative about poverty and power, challenging long-standing prejudices about who deserves to make it in America, and countering gendered and r...
Mariana Ruenes: The role of business in ending human trafficking
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2 years ago
Mariana Ruenes: The role of business in ending human trafficking
Some key industries can play an outsized role in ending human trafficking, says social entrepreneur Mariana Ruenes, who has been working to end modern slavery since age 17. Now, her Mexico City-based network equips businesses in such industries as travel and tourism with strategies to identify, report, and ultimately prevent human trafficking and exploitation in Latin America. Listen in on this episode to learn more about modern slavery and how Mariana's organization is partnering with the p...
Welcome Change
Ashoka Fellow Aisha Nyandoro has pioneered an approach to ending generational poverty for families. In 2018, she launched a guaranteed income program for Black mothers in Mississippi, and through its success has become a leading champion of federal guaranteed income, including the Child Tax Credit. Across all efforts, she and her team are changing the narrative about poverty and power, challenging long-standing prejudices about who deserves to make it in America, and countering gendered and r...
