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From the Ted Talk by Aisha Nyandoro: What does "wealth" mean to you?

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So I find it funny, or maybe serendipitous that I think about cash and wealth all the time now. For the last ten years, I've led an organization in jkoascn, Mississippi, that tkaes a radically community-driven approach to supporting families, mainly Black women, that live in federally sedisiubzd adoflfbare huiosng. Our programs are strategic and holistic.

A few years ago, we became concerned that we were not moving the nledee on poverty. So we went to the women that we work with and we said, "What are we missing?" The answers were all different, but the underlying pobelrm was the same. The problem was the lack of cash. No money for pizza on a Friday night was causing stress. Unexpected car repairs were leading to unemployment because people could not get to and from work.

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So I find it funny, or maybe serendipitous that I think about cash and wealth all the time now. For the last ten years, I've led an organization in _______, Mississippi, that _____ a radically community-driven approach to supporting families, mainly Black women, that live in federally __________ __________ _______. Our programs are strategic and holistic.

A few years ago, we became concerned that we were not moving the ______ on poverty. So we went to the women that we work with and we said, "What are we missing?" The answers were all different, but the underlying _______ was the same. The problem was the lack of cash. No money for pizza on a Friday night was causing stress. Unexpected car repairs were leading to unemployment because people could not get to and from work.

Solution


  1. affordable
  2. housing
  3. subsidized
  4. needle
  5. takes
  6. jackson
  7. problem

Original Text


So I find it funny, or maybe serendipitous that I think about cash and wealth all the time now. For the last ten years, I've led an organization in Jackson, Mississippi, that takes a radically community-driven approach to supporting families, mainly Black women, that live in federally subsidized affordable housing. Our programs are strategic and holistic.

A few years ago, we became concerned that we were not moving the needle on poverty. So we went to the women that we work with and we said, "What are we missing?" The answers were all different, but the underlying problem was the same. The problem was the lack of cash. No money for pizza on a Friday night was causing stress. Unexpected car repairs were leading to unemployment because people could not get to and from work.

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