Poor Mama’s Reparations Fund

By Queennandi

Some may ask, “Why is the POOR Magazine’s Poor Mama’s reparations fund is so important?"

The Poor Mama’s Reparations Fund is very important to the families who are struggling with necessities such as food, transportation, housing, and utilities without having to deal with the stress and anxiety of waiting in long lines for hours, worrying about whether or not you will receive any immediate help, or be told to come back the next day in order to alleviate the hunger pangs of the families who need food on the table for the day.

It is a dehumanizing experience to be told to wait 24 hours just to eat. Many of us, including myself had to deal with the sarcastic “sorry” that spews from the mouths of unruly employees who treat folks in need with contempt as if they have to pay for the emergency assistance themselves.

The Poor Mama’s Reparations Fund is from the community, for the community. Poverty skolarz such as Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, Muteado Silencio and other warriors for the people are empathetic to our struggles because they too are survivors of oppression. Their hard work contributes to the empowerment of self-sufficiency unlike the wicked rulers who dismantle the interdependence agenda just to pacify us with the “charity” concept instead of “care-rity”. Then they weaponize the narrative of public assistance and charity to use it against those in deep struggle and label us “lazy," “complacent,” or “crazy.”

History/ourstory has clearly shown that there is a consequence to being interdependent because if we are, for one reason or another, wite “non-supremacy” looks at it as a threat, because with self-sufficiency comes power to the people. For those who support the Poor Mama’s Reparations Fund, thank you for your support. Your blessings will come back to you 10-fold because whether you realize it or not, at the end of the day you are helping to save lives, doing God’s will, and that is the true definition of “humankindness.”

Queennandi X PNN QCH