Forty-two million Americans receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (also known as food stamps). Twelve percent of the population. To be eligible, household gross income must be at or below 130% of the poverty line. For a family of three, the maximum household gross income to still receive food stamps is $34,656 per year or $2,888 per month .

When you think of food stamps, when you think of poverty, what do you see in your mind’s eye? More specifically, who do you see?

Me, I see Black people. Particularly, I see Black women and children. I see those images because of the personal connection I have to them. Those images look like my family. In a sense, poverty is the story of my family.

My grandma was born and raised in a small Alabama town named after the loc

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