The invisible welfare policy crisis | Nyesha Wornum | TEDxRoxbury

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The welfare system is an economic trap. We need a mindset shift that includes welfare recipients at the center of strategy mapping and advocacy. Clarity is resistance and community resistance is the prescription to the war on poverty. What if we paired lived experience with research, advocacy, and public policy reform? Nyesha Hannah‑Wornum is the founder of BTSN: Beyond The Safety Net, an initiative shifting the conversation around the welfare benefits cliff — known in her community as the trap. As a matriarch, welfare recipient, and participatory action researcher, she transforms lived experience into evidence‑informed insights that challenge myths about poverty and reveal the limits of traditional financial literacy. Born and raised in Boston, Nyesha has seen how clarity and community can spark new pathways toward economic mobility. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/

Tags: Economics, English, Hardship, Poverty, Public Policy, Self-help, Social Sciences, Struggle, TEDxTalks, [TEDxEID:67512]