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Community, the verb

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 18th, 2010 Last Saturday, I participated in our Yoga fundraiser and took part in “group experiential exercises” to learn more about community building.  What does that mean, exactly? Melissa Scott, one of the three terrific workshop leaders, talked about the...

Service-learning at APP: the Hess Fellow experience

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 16th, 2010 Jacob Arijanto, a rising junior at APP’s Cornerstone Member Birmingham-Southern College, joined our staff as a Hess Fellow for 8 weeks this summer. Through their internships, Hess Fellows discover that paying attention to policies (not necessarily...

Complete the streets: creating walkable communities

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 12th, 2010 I learned so much at the Health Action Summit yesterday in Hoover.  Keynote speaker Mark Fentonhad a lot to say about how smart community planning and zoning policies could make all of our communities more livable, walkable, and conducive to physical...

Creating a college-positive culture

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 9th, 2010 By 2018, nearly two-thirds of available jobs will require some form of higher education. But Alabama lags behind the nation in getting our young people to college. Alabama’s median household income is $9,443 less than the national average. According...

Hey north Alabama: let’s discuss hunger

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 6th, 2010 You’re invited to join us for Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Feeding God’s Children, our Huntsville hunger and food security workshop. This event is co-sponsored by The Interfaith Mission Service. 13.3 percent of Alabamians are food insecure,...

Obesity + hunger = a global food issue

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 5th, 2010 We’ve mentioned before how obesity and hunger are twin faces of the same coin here in Alabama,and both are related to poverty. This may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s true. Ellen Gustafson of the UN Global Hunger Initiative gave a great talk in May...

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities – Jefferson County

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

August 3rd, 2010 It’s about time we gave a shout-out to the fabulous work our friend Amanda Storey is doing coordinating Jefferson County’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) grant. HKHC is a 4-year grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supporting...

Sustaining service-learning

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 30th, 2010 Last Wednesday, APP hosted our annual higher education alliance meeting and invited our members to discuss faculty incentives for service-learning. Our panelists – Dr. Cindy Walker from Faulkner University, Dr. Nancy Francisco Stuart from Jacksonville...