EXPLORE THE GRO FUND STORIES
The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund builds bold, evidence-based and community-driven solutions to address poverty and to narrow the racial wealth gap.
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Michelle Lockhart
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"Resilience, and grace, no matter what you're going through, keep your head up. Fight fair, no matter what you're dealing with- fight…
Jackie Toomer
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"I was self employed. But I lost my home to a predatory lender. So I lost my business. And I went down…
Eshe Shukura
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"I loved guaranteed income. But I often was like, I don't want it to feel like dignified welfare, I think it is…
Charlesetta Lee
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"Being raised in the welfare system is generational. It's almost like a generational curse. Because it's a hamster wheel. You're trying to…
Wula Dawson
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"That very false narrative of Black folks having mink coats and sitting on welfare rolls, I mean, it's so irrational, because there's…
Chi T. Mathias
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"I feel like because I got the help that I needed as a young mom in her 20s, what more can I…