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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...