by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 26th, 2015 Dear Friends: Your gifts brightened our year. People like you invested $15,216 in Alabama Possible. We are 76 percent of the way to our goal of $20,000. Thank you! Some of the impacts of your investment include: • Teaming more than 1,134 high...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 17th, 2015 MEDIA CONTACT Allison Lavender | allison@markstein.co | 205-841-1821 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REPORT: HALF OF ALABAMA’S SINGLE MOMS LIVE IN POVERTY Census data reveals that 49.6 percent of single mothers in Alabama live in poverty...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 30th, 2015 This #givingtuesday, we thought we’d give you an opportunity to give the best of Alabama makers through our 2015 holiday gift premium. Alabama is the sixth poorest state in the nation, and more than 900,000 of our neighbors live in poverty. Alabama...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 26th, 2015 Thanksgiving seems like a natural time to reflect on the golden rule: to love thy neighbor as thyself. I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 70s, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was my favorite show. Fred Rogers lived in Pittsburgh too, and it felt...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 18th, 2015 Applying to college can be intimidating, particularly for low-income, minority, and first-generation college students. Alabama’s College Application Week, which was held November 2-6, 2015, jump-started the process. Schools all over the state of...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 16th, 2015 On October 27, Alabama Possible held its 5th annual benefit dinner at The Florentine building in downtown Birmingham. The event gathered 140 of the organization’s supporters to take part in a conversation on “What does it mean to be an Alabamian?”...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
October 16th, 2015 Alabamians love to tell stories. Stories are how we understand ourselves and the world around us. They are also agents of personal and public transformation. We want to invite you to honor two friends whose very different stories converge in their...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
October 7th, 2015 The 2015-2016 Blueprints College Access Initiative launched throughout the state in September. Blueprints has guided more than 3,200 Alabama high school students to plan, prepare, and pursue postsecondary education since 2009. Blueprints teams...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
October 7th, 2015 The National College Access Network recently awarded Alabama Possible a grant to take our Cash for College financial aid form completion work statewide. One of the key barriers to achieving our workforce goals is the financial literacy needed to...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 23rd, 2015 Rich in both higher education and civil rights history, Marion, Alabama, served as an appropriate venue for this year’s Lifetime of Learning Conference. Themed “Engaged Learning as Justice Learning,” the event gathered higher education and...
