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Strong investments in schools, housing and transit improve life for all Alabamians
Haga clic aquí para leer esto en español. Strong funding for public services like education and public health broadens opportunity for everyone, especially for Alabamians with low incomes. Alabama Arise members for decades have urged robust and secure state funding for these services. Arise members’ top budget priorities for 2026 include: Public school funding Lawmakers [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of Jan. 12, 2026
Arise's Robyn Hyden welcomes everyone to the Alabama Legislature's 2026 regular session. Watch to see what to expect this year and to learn more about our advocacy on school breakfast, protecting funding for public schools and other member-selected legislative priorities. Click the link below for a full rundown on our 2026 priorities. Full transcript: Happy [...]
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Southwest Alabama organizer Bernadette Allen brings new energy to Alabama Arise
Bernadette Allen is one of Arise’s newest staff members, joining our team as the Southwest Alabama organizer in May 2025. Like many other staff members, she began her career in a different field before joining Alabama Arise. Bernadette worked in the federal government for 18 years, retiring last May. In her free time, she sought [...]
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December 2025 Newsletter
[caption id="attachment_11458" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Members attend Arise's Annual Meeting on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Montgomery, Ala. (Photo by Julie Bennett)[/caption] Building on our momentum for the new year By David Stout, legislative director As we close out 2025, Arise members and member organizations can reflect on a very successful year. Reducing the state sales [...]
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Building on our momentum for the new year
As we close out 2025, Arise members and member organizations can reflect on a very successful year. Reducing the state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2% and guaranteeing more students in public schools get a free breakfast with a $7.3 million budget appropriation were two of the biggest highlights worth celebrating. Improvements were [...]
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Arise’s 2026 priorities highlight our roadmap for change in Alabama
Nearly 600 members voted to affirm Alabama Arise’s 2026 legislative priorities after this fall’s Annual Meeting. In order, our priorities for the next four years will be: Health equity Hunger relief Adequate state budgets Inclusive democracy Justice reform Tax reform Worker power Arise adopted a new approach to member voting on legislative priorities for 2026, [...]
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Long federal road ahead for SNAP, health care
By Carol Gundlach, senior policy analyst, and Debbie Smith, Cover Alabama campaign director Alabama Arise believes that society should care for the most vulnerable in our nation—children, the elderly, those who are disabled and those who have fallen on temporary hard times. Since the Great Depression, Americans have been assured that, no matter how hard [...]
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My trip to South Africa: learning from another young democracy
I was fortunate this fall to join a unique learning exchange of 10 leaders from across the U.S. and 9 colleagues from South Africa. We spent a week traveling in their country and meeting with grassroots leaders, starting in Johannesburg and later moving to the coastal town of Durban to learn from their nation’s struggle [...]
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Join us this holiday season
We know people are struggling because of bad public policies, especially this year. We’re grateful to our partner organizations leading the charge with direct services. At Alabama Arise, we are focused on the root of the problem - improving policies for all Alabamians. Because you’re a member, you know that you can go to alarise.org/donate [...]
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Las prioridades legislativas de Alabama Arise para 2026
Más de 150 grupos miembros de Alabama Arise y más de 1,500 miembros individuales eligen todos los años nuestras prioridades legislativas. Este proceso garantiza que los habitantes de Alabama más afectados por la pobreza participen de las decisiones. A continuación se enumeran las prioridades que nuestros miembros eligieron para 2025. Para obtener una versión de este [...]