by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 25th, 2013 On November 22nd we gathered with community leaders from Montgomery, Auburn, and Troy at First United Methodist of Montgomery for the first meeting of the newly formed Central Alabama Leadership Council. “Starting in Montgomery, our new regional...
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November 20th, 2013 Our November 15th workshop, How We Can Shape the Future: Advocacy 101 for Nonprofit Organizations, attracted over 70 attendees at Burr & Forman LLP in downtown Birmingham. We spent the day learning from Isaiah Castilla of the Alliance for...
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August 29th, 2013 In 1993, Wilford Bailey, Wayne Flynt, Eulene Hawkins, and Earl Potts came together to form the Alabama Poverty Project. They joined with others across the South to study poverty, publicize their findings, teach undergraduates what they had learned,...
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August 5th, 2013 Blessings in a Backpack a School-Year Resource to End Hunger, Improve Learning HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan this morning was joined by North Alabama educators, business leaders, philanthropists,...
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July 25th, 2013 On July 23, over 70 higher education faculty, staff, students, and community partners gathered at APP’s Birmingham office for our Summer Higher Education Alliance Workshop, “Trying Hard is Not Good Enough: What Measurement Means for Service-Learning...
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July 24th, 2013 Birmingham native Ginny Cooper graduated in May from APP Cornerstone Member The University of Alabama with a major in English and a minor in French. She will be working with APP’s Blueprints College Access Initiative. Why did you major in English? I...
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June 21st, 2013 Map gives families, allies information about 600 sites across the state Across Alabama, over 600 summer feeding sites are serving free meals to the more than 360,000 children that participate in the free and reduced school lunch program. Summer feeding...
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June 16th, 2013 Ethan is a graduate of Clemson University with a major in history and a concentration in African-American history. A native of Peabody, Massachusetts, he recently finished his first year of law school at APP Cornerstone Member The University of...
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June 14th, 2013 Bo Morris graduated in May from APP Cornerstone Member Samford University with majors in political science and journalism/mass communication. He is a native of Jacksonville, Alabama, and is a Southern Educational Leadership Intern with the Southern...
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June 10th, 2013 According to the Map the Meal Gap study today released by Feeding America, 19.4 percent of Alabamians were food insecure in 2011. Food security means access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. “Hunger hits closer to...
