Andrew Yang S Non Profit Org Is Giving Away 500 000 For Ubi Experiment

Yang’s organization is called Humanity Forward, and its official mission statement is to “build the movement to rewrite the rules of our economy and society to make it work for us, the people, and create a human-centered America.” CNBC reports that one of its first projects towards that goal will be to give $500,000 to the residents of an as-yet-to-be-named New York state town, as a way to illustrate the benefits of such a program nationwide. The UBI pilot program will be just one way that Humanity Forward will seek to demonstrate how some of Yang’s ideas (mainly UBI) work when actually implemented. This will include financial support for other political candidates who are in favor of UBI, and engaging “young people and the economically marginalized” in political campaigns. Finally, there are plans for a “long-form” podcast about the organization’s work, featuring celebrity guests as well as “regular Americans.” In the press statement announcing the program, Yang said that he’ll personally pledge $1,000 per month to one recipient for a year, but it’s not known whether that will be part of the UBI pilot program or in addition to it. And Yang also says that he has some well known figures supporting the project, like comedians Dave Chappelle and Ken Jeong and actress Teri Hatcher. So it’s a safe bet you’ll be hearing more about this concept as time goes on.