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Mobile mobilizes against hunger

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

June 24th, 2010 Tuesday, over 50 passionate, motivated, and dedicated members of the greater Mobile faith community joined us at Dauphin Way United Methodist Church for Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread, our third hunger and food security workshop. Oak McCullough of...

State Commission to Meet, and You’re Invited

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

June 22nd, 2010 The State Commission to Reduce Poverty is set to meet Thursday June 24, 2010, at 11 AM, at the YWCA Interfaith Hospitality House, 5916 First Avenue South, Birmingham. The commission’s agenda includes a discussion of how to engage those living in...

Over 1 in 10 Alabama children live in extreme poverty

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

June 16th, 2010 The Southern Education Foundation released a report yesterday entitled The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation. The report’s findings include: 15.6 percent of children in rural Alabama counties live in extreme poverty...

In a land of plenty, why do we have food deserts?

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

June 14th, 2010 For Alabamians living in the inner city, getting to a place to buy fresh food can be a challenge. The Birmingham News covered this problem yesterday: “For Birmingham’s inner-city dwellers, fresh food is hard to find close to home.” “Food deserts have...

Double your impact

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

June 11th, 2010 Our work to mobilize Alabamians to eradicate poverty is taking on new meaning as we join with the newAlabama State Commission to Reduce Poverty to build a nonpartisan coalition to address the widespread, systemic poverty in our state.  We are doing...