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Sustaining service-learning

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 30th, 2010 Last Wednesday, APP hosted our annual higher education alliance meeting and invited our members to discuss faculty incentives for service-learning. Our panelists – Dr. Cindy Walker from Faulkner University, Dr. Nancy Francisco Stuart from Jacksonville...

Things that are possible: ending childhood hunger

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 28th, 2010 Childhood food security – image via npr.org The Obama administration has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015. What does that mean, and how can we reach that goal? NPR’s All Things Considered recently looked at this question over a 2-part series....

Call for proposals: 2010 Alabama Food Summit

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 27th, 2010 Save the date: the 2010 Alabama Food Summit is scheduled for November 12-13, 2010. Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, will be the keynote speaker. We’re big fans of Mark’s advocacy on behalf of food access and food security; he writes that...

“I will always have my hometown in my heart”

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 26th, 2010 Alabama Possible Spotlight: Fightress Aaron Fightress Aaron, our youngest board member, is only 22 years old, yet she’s been advocating for her community since age 15. She grew up in the small Black Belt town of Camden, in Wilcox County, and was the...