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We're hosting an Open House at GBM on Tuesday, Dec. 6! We want to welcome our wonderful community to the building for food, conversation, and tours. Stop by anytime between 3 - 7pm to learn more about what we do at GBM, meet some of our staff and board members, or just say hi and grab a snack!

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After A Century, Where is Constitutional Reform in Alabama?

by ChauncyneKinion | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter

A persistent notion in Alabama appears to be, simply, if we just perform minor tune-ups on our archaic 112-year old Alabama State Constitution, all will be well. However, the 1901 State Constitution, a patently racist, anti-poor document conceived in the infamy of...

Love Has No Borders: How Faith Leaders Resisted Alabama’s Harsh Immigration Law

by ChauncyneKinion | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter

A new book published by Greater Birmingham Ministries, Love Has No Borders, shares the voices of a wide range of Alabama’s faith leaders who stood up against an immigration law they believed to be divisive, discriminatory, inhumane, and inconsistent with the most...

When The Check Does Not Arrive

by ChauncyneKinion | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter

When Maria came into my office, she was confused. She even tried to speak English to me thinking I was not able to speak her language. When she realized I spoke Spanish, I saw how her face changed, and a sense of relief came and surrounded her. She was desperate for a...

GBM, NAACP, NJB and the Magic City Classic Parade

by ChauncyneKinion | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter

Like many young adults in Alabama, most members of GBM’s Not-Junior Board (NJB) were largely unaware of the oppressive influence Alabama’s 1901 Constitution continues to exert on the daily lives of our state’s citizens. The original intent of the Constitution’s...

We See The Faces: SNAP Cuts Passed By House Of Representatives

by ChauncyneKinion | Sep 20, 2013 | Blog

We see the faces. Yesterday, by a vote of 217 to 210, the House of Representatives voted to pass a bill, cutting $40 Billion from SNAP (formerly food stamp) benefits over the next 10 years. We see the faces. Using language of “fraud”, “abuse”, “work requirements” and...

The Love That Forgives

by ChauncyneKinion | Sep 15, 2013 | Blog

On Sunday, September 15, 1963 at 10:22 am, a horrific blast from a bomb planted at 16th Street Baptist Church killed four little girls and injured many others. Tragically, this blast also interrupted the Sunday School lesson and sermon scheduled for that day...

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