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“I will always have my hometown in my heart”

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 26th, 2010 Alabama Possible Spotlight: Fightress Aaron Fightress Aaron, our youngest board member, is only 22 years old, yet she’s been advocating for her community since age 15. She grew up in the small Black Belt town of Camden, in Wilcox County, and was the...

High school graduates grow our economy

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 20th, 2010 We’ve often talked about how Alabama’s high school dropout rate hinders economic development. Developers look for skilled workers when choosing new work sites. An under-educated workforce is bad not only for recruiting new business, but for growing all...

Gulf Coast Oil Spill: What we can do

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 19th, 2010 As the Gulf Coast oil spill catastrophe has dragged on for months, the APP team has been wondering what we could possibly say about something that has so radically impacted our beautiful coast, our fishing and tourism industries, and the people...

Road trip: Monroeville

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 16th, 2010 After reporting on the 50th Anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird last week, fellow VISTA Will Thomas and I decided to take a road trip down to Monroeville to check out some of Friday night’s festivities. We pulled into town at around 5 pm to find a...

Spotlight webcasts on education and poverty

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 14th, 2010 If you haven’t checked out the excellent Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, we highly recommend it. They offer great resources on poverty in the U.S. Recently they posted these Spotlight discussions on education reform, educational equity, and...

Let’s end poverty. Step 1: vote

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 13th, 2010 Last week, we celebrated Independence Day by reflecting on the value of deliberative democracy. What better way to maintain our democracy than by exercising your right to vote? Today is the statewide primary runoff election, and your civic involvement...

What we’re reading: Broke USA

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

July 9th, 2010 Can you believe that any lender would charge 400 percent interest for a loan? Who would pay that – and why? These questions came to mind after I attended a Payday Lending Reform Coalition Meeting last month. To learn more about what author Gary Rivlin...