A Reflection from Our Board President

A Reflection from Our Board President

by | Dec 20, 2018 | Blog

Dear GBM Members and Friends: This year has been a year of accomplishments and change for Greater Birmingham Ministries. We have played a major role in the leadership of the Poor People’s Campaign: A Call for National Revival in Alabama. We met our $100,000 goal for...
Welcome, New GBM Staff!

Welcome, New GBM Staff!

by | Aug 2, 2018 | Blog

Welcome to our new Community Organizers, Amanda Cherry and Majadi Baruti! We are thrilled to have them join GBM’s work with the #StandAsOne Coalition, the Birmingham Islamic Society and the entire community! Meet Majadi! “There is a higher law than the law of...
Just Before Our Chains Fell Off

Just Before Our Chains Fell Off

by | May 22, 2018 | Blog

From my perspective in a jail cell as a moral witness, I recognized a dimension of our direct action that I had not anticipated, in part because I’d assumed we would not be placed in “the general jail population” if we were jailed. But as it turned out, the...