Atlanta rap icon and four-time GRAMMY® nominee Gunna has partnered with the Black Music Motion Coalition (BMAC) to launch the Gunna x BMAC 30349 Assured Revenue Program. This $500,000 initiative goals to supply a $1,000 month-to-month stipend to 30 households residing within the 30349 zip code of South Fulton, GA. Functions for this system are actually open.
The Assured Revenue and Help Program builds on Gunna’s earlier neighborhood efforts, together with the Drip Closet, a free in-school clothes retailer, and the Goodr Grocery Retailer at McNair Center Faculty. The brand new program will supply households assured month-to-month earnings and extra help companies, together with monetary empowerment and psychological well being assets.
This system, set to formally launch on September 18, will contain collaboration with South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamua and native organizations to pick recipients. BMAC may also leverage its community within the music, movie, vogue, and tech industries to mentor the grant recipients.
“As Mayor of South Fulton, I’m deeply dedicated to fostering financial alternatives and uplifting our neighborhood. The partnership between Gunna, BMAC, and the Metropolis of South Fulton represents a transformative step in addressing the financial disparities that a few of our residents’ face. The Gunna x BMAC 30349 Assured Revenue Program is not only an funding in our metropolis’s future, however a strong instance of how we will create significant change by way of collaboration and innovation. I’m proud to help this initiative and look ahead to seeing the constructive influence it can have on the households in our neighborhood.”
– Khalid Kamau, Mayor of South Fulton
“Once I launched Gunna’s Nice Giveaway, my aim was to uplift my hometown by offering assets that would make a tangible distinction in at the very least one family. Partnering with BMAC to introduce the Assured Revenue program in South Fulton is a big step towards enhancing these communities and reworking the financial panorama of town. “
– GUNNA, GRAMMY® Award Nominated & Multi-Platinum Recording Artist
“BMAC’s mission to attain systemic fairness should start with financial justice. Black People are too usually locked out of vital alternatives and pathways to climb the socioeconomic ladder regardless of being central to each cultural and monetary motion on this nation’s historical past. Partnering with Gunna to convey wanted monetary reduction and, extra importantly, mentorship and different companies resulting in sustainable change may be very highly effective. Our group will proceed to accomplice with Artists and others seeking to put fairness in motion so our neighborhood can faucet into its fullest potential.”
-Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, Co-Founder/President & CEO of Black Music Motion Coalition (BMAC)
Gunna and BMAC co-founder Willie “Prophet” Stiggers will highlight the initiative on the annual BMAC Gala on September 19 and rejoice Gunna Day on September 29.
