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Illiteracy in AL: not just about driving tests

May 19th, 2010 Tim James recently made headlines by suggesting that people who can’t pass the Alabama driver’s test in English would not be safe drivers. But what about all the Alabamians who speak English and just can’t read? Alabama ranks 37th in reading...

Growing Together: A fresh, local food pantry

May 17th, 2010 Lindsey Mullen, an alumnae of our Montgomery Hunger Workshop in March, shared an exciting update with us from the Growing Together ministry at the University of Alabama’s Canterbury Episcopal Chapel. Lindsey works with the David Mathews Center for Civic...

We love AmeriCorps!

May 12th, 2010 We are celebrating National AmeriCorps Week by telling you about all the great benefits of the AmeriCorps VISTA program. VISTAs are Volunteers In Service To America. We spend a year building the capacity of a non-profit organizations to fight poverty....