by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 9th, 2010 Come join us for Served in Birmingham this Thursday night! Our benefit is from 5-8 pm on the roof of the Kress building, 19th Street North, Birmingham. All proceeds will support our work mobilizing Alabamians to eliminate poverty, and your donations...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 5th, 2010 Please join us at Served in Birmingham next Thursday, November 11 at the Kress Building Penthouse in Birmingham for an evening to benefit the Alabama Poverty Project. World Food Laureate & Bread for the World President David Beckmann will...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
October 5th, 2010 We’ve just posted the agenda for our October 25 Alabama Possible Summit, and we’re really excited about it! Dr. Wayne Flynt will speak about the context of ministry in Alabama. R.G. Lyons, Jim Branum, and a bunch of amazing ministers and people of...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 30th, 2010 This fall, we’re highlighting members of the Alabama Possible movement who are working to change the dynamics of poverty in this state. Today we feature Brendan Rice, a sophomore in our partner UAB’sGlobal and Community Leadership Honors Program....
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 23rd, 2010 A report on al.com Tuesday, “Alabamians lag on college degrees,” summarized the findings from a recent Lumina Foundation study, A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education (PDF). Namely, we rank below the national average in higher educational...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 16th, 2010 16.6 percent of Alabamians lived in poverty last year, according to newly released 2009 US Census Data. This puts us ninth in nationwide rankings of poverty rates. During that same time, 25.8 percent of children in Alabama lived in households...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 14th, 2010 The U.S. Census bureau will release 2009 census data this Thursday, including poverty statistics. According to “US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009,” some analysts forecast the largest increase in U.S. poverty in 50 years. The national...
