What Now?

What Now?

by | Sep 19, 2012 | Blog

Yesterday, Alabama voters (well, a small percentage of Alabama voters*) approved Amendment One, which allows a transfer of more than $437 million over the next three years from the state’s oil and gas trust fund to the General Fund. This amendment allows the...

Like Talking On The Phone? Knocking On Doors?

by | Aug 6, 2012 | Blog

Then you might be interested in joining GBM’s 2012 civic engagement campaign! This year, we’re working to turn out members of underrepresented communities in the Greater Birmingham area to the polls on Election Day in November. In addition to volunteer opportunities...
They Would Not Be Moved

They Would Not Be Moved

by | May 3, 2012 | Blog

This morning six people knelt in prayer singing Amazing Grace in front of the doors leading to the Alabama Senate chambers. They would not be moved, just as Legislators have not been moved by the pleas of thousands of Alabamians to repeal the nation’s harshest...
Selma To Montgomery: Holy Ground

Selma To Montgomery: Holy Ground

by | Apr 20, 2012 | Blog

Walking from Selma to Montgomery, thousands of people from all over the country. Old folks on canes and in wheelchairs, children in strollers, college students with boundless energy. Whites, Blacks, Latinos. They crossed the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,...

Our Daily Bread

by | Mar 1, 2012 | Blog

Give Us Our Daily Bread My mother loves to cook.  She always loved to try out new recipes, which unfortunately did not go over very well with her four young children.  Unfortunately, her culinary skills were lost on us when we were young.  Often she would spend hours...