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No Guarantees: Mayor Michael Tubbs’ Plan to Save American Families from Poverty

No Guarantees: Mayor Michael Tubbs’ Plan to Save American Families from Poverty

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On this episode, we are joined by Michael Tubbs, the youngest, first African American, and current mayor of Stockton, CA. Mayor Tubbs discusses why he founded Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and the importance of all citizens having access to economic safety nets during our current pandemic and beyond.

The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

National Urban League

Black

Black America

African-American

News

Information

Advocacy

Universal Basic Income

Guaranteed Income

Stockton CA

Safety Net

Housing

Housing insecurity

Unemployment

Welfare

Institutional racism

Social contract

Working poor

Dignity of work

Human dignity

COVID-19

Coronavirus

Subsidies

Bail out

Mayors

Black Lives Matter

CARES Act

LIFT Act

Essential workers

Poverty

Foreclosure

Eviction

Kamala Harris

Rashida Tlaib

 

Mayors for a Guaranteed Income website: mayorsforagi.org

Mayors for a Guaranteed Income on Twitter: @MayorsforAGI

SEED website: StocktonDemonstration.org

Mayor Tubbs on Twitter & Instagram: @michaeldtubbs

 

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