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Alabama is the hungriest state in the nation

November 18th, 2010 Alabama ranks number one in the nation for households experiencing hunger, according to a report released Tuesday by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). An average of 6.8 percent of Alabama households reported very low food...

Dear friends and donors: THANK YOU!

November 16th, 2010 We had such an amazing response to our Served in Birmingham benefit last week! You helped us raise over $4500 to support our matching grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. We couldn’t have done it without support from our...

Alabama Possible Summit: fighting poverty with faith

October 29th, 2010 We were thrilled by the turnout for our Alabama Possible Summit last Monday. Over 115 people joined us at Samford University to talk about fighting poverty with faith and building relationships with those we serve in ministry. Dr. Wayne Flynt said...

The supplemental measure of poverty (webcasts)

September 29th, 2010 In the wake of new poverty data released last week (“More in Alabama in Poverty, Census data shows” – Birmingham News), the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity posted two webcasts about how the supplemental poverty measure may provide a more...

2010 Lifetime of Learning conference

September 20th, 2010 We learned so much from our Higher Education Alliance partners at this year’s Lifetime of Learning conference at Auburn University Montgomery. This year’s subject was college access, student retention and service-learning. Dr. Barbara Moely of...