by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
February 9th, 2010 Feeding America recently released its 2010 Hunger Report, which showed that one in eight Americans — 37 million — received emergency food help last year. That’s up a whopping 46% from 2006. In Alabama, the Food Bank of North Alabama and the Food...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
February 3rd, 2010 Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr., had an interesting Sunday column. It is recommended reading. Leonard Pitts: Public silence greets poor’s powerlessness If he’d said it of Jews, he would still be apologizing. If he’d said it of blacks,...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
January 28th, 2010 One of the many roles I play is as vice-chair of the Alabama Commission to Reduce Poverty. This is a brand new, permanent commission, and my fellow officers are the chair, Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham), and the secretary, Sen. Arthur Orr...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
January 26th, 2010 Today’s Tuscaloosa News has a great editorial today challenging the Alabama Commission to Reduce Poverty (of which I am the vice chair) to set goals and work with the legislature to reduce poverty in Alabama. I couldn’t agree with the News’...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
January 20th, 2010 Yesterday we had the second meeting of the Alabama State Commission to Reduce Poverty, and Jodie Levin-Epstein from the Center for Law and Social Policy talked about the work of poverty commissions across the country. She also challenged us to set...
by apadmin | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
January 18th, 2010 Please join the Alabama Association of Nonprofits Alabama Civil Justice Foundation Alabama Poverty Project Alabama State Commission to Reduce Poverty Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham For a reception in honor of Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy...
