by apadmin | 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....
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 21st, 2010 From 25 Tips to Afford College:
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 21st, 2010 We are in love with the spring weather – and the return of farmers markets. Robyn bought some great cheese from Wright Dairy last weekend at Pepper Place, and we all went to the market at Birmingham’s Waldorf School a few weeks ago. I got farm fresh...
by apadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 20th, 2010 Today is Equal Pay Day, marking the 4 extra months women have to work into 2010 to make the same wages men earned for equal work in 2009. Working families just can’t afford the gender wage gap. This interactive map shows the career wage gap by state....
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 20th, 2010 Transportation costs can really add up. Tip #3, from 25 Tips to Afford College, is to carpool:
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 19th, 2010 from 25 Tips to Afford College: CollegeScholarships.org has information for low-income students seeking need-based scholarships.Fastweb.com is another trusted resource for connecting to scholarship opportunities. Americorps VISTA is another program...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 16th, 2010 We love 25 Tips to Afford College, a new site with recommendations for covering college expenses. Videos are available in both Spanish and English. Tip 1: Budgeting
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 14th, 2010 When we hosted our Hunger Workshop in Montgomery last month, participants were most excited to learn about promoting healthy food choices for all Alabamians. We talked about ending hunger by making sure that all Alabamians have access to affordable,...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
April 6th, 2010 The Alabama Select Commission on High School Graduation and Student Dropouts recently made recommendations to reduce our high school drop out rate, which currently stands at over 40 percent. Those recommendations included: tracking students at-risk...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
March 31st, 2010 Robert J. Samuelson recently penned a column titled “Will Millennials become the chump generation?” speculating that our generation, aged 18-29, would suffer the effects of the recession and the national debt for years to come – but according to...
