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Freedom to Thrive: fighting slavery in AL

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

April 30th, 2010 APP couldn’t be prouder of our very own Sara Jane Camacho, who led the effort to outlaw human trafficking in Alabama.  Sara Jane is a member of our Emerging Faith Leaders Advisory Group and founder of Freedom to Thrive.  She helped secure passage...

Honor thy mother

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

April 28th, 2010 Mother’s Day is upon us, and Alabama Possible and the Alabama Poverty Project have a special opportunity for you to honor thy mother, support the arts and help eradicate poverty in Alabama. On Mother’s Day weekend, our friends at Muse of Fire:...

Nurturing Alabama college students

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

April 27th, 2010 The Dothan Eagle reports that many students in our state university system take more than 6 years to graduate. The story is in response to Promoting a Culture of Student Success: How Colleges and Universities Are Improving Degree Completion (PDF),...

Mobile homes place Alabamians at risk

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

April 26th, 2010 “Albertville residents relied for a great deal on friends and neighbors on Sunday during the initial cleanup of the town which was struck by a tornado about 9:30pm Saturday.” Huntsville Times – photo by Dave Dieter Our thoughts and prayers go out to...

Heavy Metal and Earth Day

by | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

April 22nd, 2010 Today is Earth Day, and I am thinking about the connections between our environment and poverty. Lead – a heavy metal – was once commonly used in industrial manufacturing and building construction.  We had lead paint, lead pipes, and leaded gasoline....