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Creating a college-positive culture

August 9th, 2010 By 2018, nearly two-thirds of available jobs will require some form of higher education. But Alabama lags behind the nation in getting our young people to college. Alabama’s median household income is $9,443 less than the national average. According...

Hey north Alabama: let’s discuss hunger

August 6th, 2010 You’re invited to join us for Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Feeding God’s Children, our Huntsville hunger and food security workshop. This event is co-sponsored by The Interfaith Mission Service. 13.3 percent of Alabamians are food insecure,...

Obesity + hunger = a global food issue

August 5th, 2010 We’ve mentioned before how obesity and hunger are twin faces of the same coin here in Alabama,and both are related to poverty. This may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s true. Ellen Gustafson of the UN Global Hunger Initiative gave a great talk in May...

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities – Jefferson County

August 3rd, 2010 It’s about time we gave a shout-out to the fabulous work our friend Amanda Storey is doing coordinating Jefferson County’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) grant. HKHC is a 4-year grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supporting...