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Meet Fiyah Angel, Detroit organizer with Rent for Moms and healing activist

Fiyah Angel says they know what it’s like to struggle to pay the bills at this time of year. They recalled “the stress of trying to keep a house and home together, the pain, tension, shame of holidays approaching, and maybe not having anything for your kids.”

That experience underpins their collaboration with Rent for Moms, a national campaign trying to raise $100,000 by Dec. 25 and use it to pay a month of rent for dozens of Black single moms.

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