“Because of the donations we get from Good360, we can now serve so many more people and give them basic necessities that they lack but really need. “Good360 has really changed the whole path of my nonprofit,” she said. Thanks to its partnership with Good360, One Powerhouse has become known for being able to assist a large number of people at scale throughout the Atlanta metro area, Oche said.
The nonprofit also holds distribution events throughout the year so families in need can get donations of clothing, household goods, and personal care items. This is why housing support, financial literacy, and employment assistance are critically important programs at One Powerhouse. Every family has their own story, and we want to help them get what they need to get out of poverty and be able to participate in Atlanta’s economic opportunities.” “What that means is that we believe everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, and never as just another number or statistic. “Our goal is to build our community-one family at a time,” said Demi Oche, who started the nonprofit with her husband. One Powerhouse offers a plethora of services, including assistance with housing and utilities, programming for at-risk teens, and donations of food and clothing. The nonprofit’s mission is to “provide youths and their families in need with the opportunity, dignity and hope so they can possess the tools for change in themselves, their family, and their community.” To do this, the organization provides support for 20,000 to 30,000 people every month, including youth and senior populations. Founded in 2015 by Demi and Jason Oche, One Powerhouse serves a predominantly African American population, although its services are open to anyone seeking assistance. The highest-paid job sectors in the region such as technology and finance are dominated by white workers.įor these reasons, one nonprofit organization is striving to lift up low-income Black households in the Atlanta area. An estimated 18.5% of Atlanta residents live in poverty, while the national average is 12.8%.Īs the city has become more white in recent years, income inequality has only increased, putting economic mobility out of reach for a large swath of low-income families in the metro area. Meanwhile, the poverty rate in Atlanta is 44.53% higher than the U.S. About 70% of Black families in Atlanta are considered “liquid asset poor” compared to 22% of white families. The report found that the median income for a Black family in the city is just $28,105 compared to $83,722 for a white family-a nearly 3-to-1 ratio. With relatively low cost of living and plentiful opportunities for high-wage earners, it’s no surprise that Atlanta has become the third fastest-growing metro area in America.īut when you peel back the layers a bit, you begin to see a more complicated picture of prosperity.Ītlanta leads the nation in income inequality and economic mobility, according to a report by the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI). With African Americans making up approximately 48% of the population, the city boasts a significant Black middle and upper-middle class. made it the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. Two out of three Americans who were children in 1968 grow up to have higher income than their parents, Isaacs found, but less than a third of black children born in the middle classes do better financially than their parents.Atlanta has long been known as “Black Mecca” - a thriving center of African-American wealth, higher education, power, and prosperity. The study was part of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Economic Mobility Project. “Children from middle- and upper middle-class black families experience a generational drop in income that is in sharp contrast to the traditional American expectation that each generation will do better than the one that came before it,” she wrote. The report by Brookings Institution scholar Julia Isaacs found blacks were missing out on a cherished American dream that their children will be economically better off. Black Americans are failing to climb the social ladder, while a worrying number born into the middle classes are now actually poorer than their parents, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Cooper housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana November 5, 2006. Young people gather outside a building at the B.W.
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