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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
Blog

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
Member Resources

Alabama Arise + Organized Labor = People Power!

Workers’ rights are human rights. Labor unions uplift workers and our communities. When we work together, we can have a louder voice in Montgomery for working-class Alabamians. Working together, we can fight for an Alabama where all people have resources and opportunities to reach their potential to live happy, productive lives! Click here to download [...]
Issues
Other Issues, Economic Opportunity
Date
July 31, 2024
Author
Adam Keller
Blog

U.S. Labor Secretary calls Alabama Arise ‘truly incredible’ during visit to Birmingham

Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su laid out a sweeping vision for good jobs, listened to workers’ concerns and offered high praise for Arise during the U.S. Department of Labor’s visit to Alabama last week.

Issues
Health, Public Transportation, Economic Opportunity
Date
June 17, 2024
Author
Chris Sanders
Blog

Summer EBT, Legislative Day energy highlight busy, tough 2024 session in Alabama

You made a difference! Alabama Arise members played a decisive role this year in securing summer food assistance for more than 500,000 children starting in summer 2025. Summer EBT funding brought an uplifting conclusion to the Alabama Legislature’s 2024 regular session, which ended May 9. The Summer EBT victory showed the power of Arise’s policy analysis, [...]
Issues
Budgets, Health, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Economic Opportunity, Medicaid Expansion
Date
June 11, 2024
Author
Chris Sanders
News Releases

Summer EBT funding is a big win for Alabama’s children

The Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to appropriate $10 million for Summer EBT administrative funding from the 2025 Education Trust Fund budget. Alabama Arise hunger policy advocate LaTrell Clifford Wood released the following statement Tuesday in response: “Every child needs and deserves healthy meals throughout the year. That’s why Alabama [...]
Issues
Budgets, Health, Safety Net, Economic Opportunity
Date
April 30, 2024
Author
Chris Sanders
Blog

Arise legislative update: April 22, 2024

Arise's Akiesha Anderson brings you up to speed on all that happened last week at the State House plus gets you ready for the upcoming week. As the session is nearing an end, we still have action to take on securing public transportation funding and increasing penalties for child labor violations. We also are trying [...]
Issues
Budgets, Health, Public Transportation, Economic Opportunity, Medicaid Expansion
Date
April 22, 2024
Author
Matt Okarmus
Blog

Arise legislative update: April 8, 2024

Arise's Dev Wakeley provides this week's legislative update with a look at bills related to workers' rights, including one that would disincentivize companies from voluntarily recognizing unions. To speak out about these bills and others that we're tracking in the Alabama Legislature, visit alarise.org and click "Take Action."   Full video transcript below:   Hi, [...]
Issue
Economic Opportunity
Date
April 8, 2024
Author
Matt Okarmus
Fact Sheet

Summer EBT for 2025

A $15 million appropriation for Summer EBT would reduce hunger by providing eligible Alabama children $40 per summer month for food. 1 in 4 Alabama children are food insecure. Hundreds of thousands of Alabama children don’t know where their next meal will come from. And a disproportionate amount of food insecure children come from communities [...]
Issues
Budgets, Health, Safety Net, Economic Opportunity
Date
April 2, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise
Fact Sheet

How can Alabama ensure Summer EBT for 2025?

Inspired by Pandemic EBT (P-EBT), Summer EBT provides $120 in SNAP benefits per categorically eligible child throughout the summer months.

Issues
Budgets, Health, Safety Net, Economic Opportunity
Date
March 11, 2024
Author
LaTrell Clifford Wood