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Public policy should make life better for everyone, not just a select few. Throughout the year, Arise tracks a range of state and federal policy proposals and assesses what they would mean for Alabamians who are struggling to make ends meet. Our blog provides quick updates on these proposals and offers tips on what you can do to help build an Alabama where all people have an opportunity to reach their full potential.

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The federal policy fights and opportunities ahead for Alabama Arise

Alabama Arise and our members have worked for more than 35 years to push for policies that improve the lives of people struggling to make ends meet. We have remained steadfast in this mission and our values, and we will continue that commitment in the coming years. Arise is deeply concerned about the prospect of [...]
Issues
Budgets, Health, Safety Net, Tax Reform
Date
December 18, 2024
Author
Carol Gundlach
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Join Alabama Arise this holiday season!

In this season of generosity, we can’t forget all of the Alabamians struggling to make ends meet because of bad policies. At Alabama Arise, we take our cue from you, our members, to build a better future. Together, we’re focused on advocacy for a more just and prosperous state. More than 15% of our financial [...]
Date
December 18, 2024
Author
Jacob Smith
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Alabama voted. Now let’s organize for a better state

Alabama Arise and our members have worked for more than 35 years to push for state policies that improve the lives of people struggling to make ends meet. We advocate for policies to build an Alabama where everyone has the resources they need to reach their full potential. And we’ve always remained steadfast in this [...]
Issues
Health, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Other Issues, Economic Opportunity
Date
November 8, 2024
Author
Robyn Hyden
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Alabama Arise resources for the 2024 general election

The 2024 general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5 ! Alabamians will vote on numerous federal, state and local offices, including the president and vice president, U.S. House members and several state Supreme Court justices. Are you registered to vote? Have you made a plan to vote in this year’s general election? Alabama Arise has [...]
Date
October 22, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise Action
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Learn the power of membership from four Arise members

Click here to donate now! Members like you and me are the heartbeat of Alabama Arise. Our collective power has brought material improvements to the lives of Alabamians, such as reducing the state grocery tax and extending postpartum Medicaid coverage.  Thank you for supporting us in building a better Alabama. Will you join Arise with [...]
Date
October 21, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise Action
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Here’s what Alabama Arise heard in 2024!

Alabama Arise listens because we deeply value the input we get from members, partners and most importantly, those directly affected by the work we do together. We depend on what we hear to help guide our issue work and our strategies. We held two virtual statewide Town Hall Tuesdays this summer, and each featured three [...]
Issues
Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Housing, Public Transportation, Tax Reform, Economic Opportunity, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion
Date
September 19, 2024
Author
Presdelane Harris
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Pres Harris celebrates three decades of organizing and community involvement

When Presdelane Harris started at Alabama Arise as the phone organizer in summer 1994, she had no idea what the next 30 years had in store. She didn’t intend on being at Arise for long. “Maybe doing this for a little while, maybe one or two years,” she said. Pres makes it clear that no [...]
Date
September 11, 2024
Author
Whitney Washington
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A note on this year’s Annual Meeting voting

Alabama Arise strives to center the experiences and needs of low-income and working-class members in our work. We invite our members to participate in listening sessions, propose new legislative priorities and vote to set our legislative agenda during our Annual Meeting each fall. It’s important that you, our members, drive and determine our legislative priorities. [...]
Date
September 11, 2024
Author
Robyn Hyden
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Diverse membership is our power

As an Alabama Arise member, you use your power to help create a more equitable Alabama. Every year at our Annual Meeting, our members choose our legislative priorities and fuel our advocacy efforts. Because you are so important to our work, we want you to know who your fellow members are. We have more than [...]
Date
September 11, 2024
Author
Jacob Smith
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How Alabama can build an economy that works for workers

Labor Day is a holiday where we can reflect on the contributions that working people – and the unions that workers form to build power together – have made to the well-being of all people in the United States. These contributions include overtime pay, a five-day workweek, child labor protections and workplace safety standards.

These advances for working people didn’t come easily. Workers won them through strikes, pressure and solidarity. These advances came in the face of overwhelming opposition by bad employers that would have rather seen their workers die than to win workplace democracy.

Issues
Safety Net, Other Issues, Economic Opportunity
Date
August 30, 2024
Author
Dev Wakeley