Voter Restoration Now

Voter Restoration Now

by | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog

  Alabama has one of the most convoluted voter restoration processes in the country!  And, the pandemic brought GBM’s voter restoration work to a screeching halt.  But, we can’t stop and we won’t stop.  GBM is committed now more than ever in assisting people with...
Good Trouble

Good Trouble

by | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog

“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” — John Lewis at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 1, 2020. In many ways, redeeming the soul of America includes those leaders, both well-known and grassroots,...
“What’s Happening?” vs. “What’s Going On?”

“What’s Happening?” vs. “What’s Going On?”

by | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog

These are trying times, but hope exists for such times as these – not as wistful, wishful thinking, but as reimagining possibilities. Despair exclaims, “What’s Happening?” But that’s a 1970’s TV show and the entry line for the late Fred “Rerun” Stubbs. It was a funny,...
GBM Connects! A Virtual Town Hall Meeting

GBM Connects! A Virtual Town Hall Meeting

by | May 12, 2020 | Blog

Here is a replay of our virtual town hall – GBM Connects! A Conversation During a Pandemic. GBM Staff, board members, volunteers, and clients gave updates about the current work of GBM.  Dr. Michael Saag, Director of Infectious Diseases at UAB joined the town...