Portland nonprofit Brown Hope has yet to cut checks to the 25 families it promised guaranteed basic income

Portland nonprofit Brown Hope has yet to cut checks to the 25 families it promised guaranteed basic income

Brown Hope founder and CEO Cameron Whitten. The Oregonian/Oregonlive The 25 Black Portland households selected to receive a monthly stipend of up to $2,000 from the embattled racial justice nonprofit Brown Hope were supposed to get their first installment this week, in time for Christmas.

They are still waiting.

The guaranteed, three-year basic income program is a signature initiative for the nonprofit, which has been embroiled in a series of internal leadership conflicts that spilled into public view earlier this month.Multiple representatives for Brown Hope declined this week to comment on the status of the guaranteed basic income program and when […]

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