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Appleseed's Legislative Priorities 2021

By Alabama Appleseed Staff The 2021 Alabama Regular Session will begin on February 2, 2021. Below is a summary of key human rights and criminal justice issues we anticipate will be under active, serious deliberation by the legislature…

“I'm experiencing a rebirth, a second chance at life, and every day has been a blessing.”

Alabama prisons, Habitual Felony Offender Act, News, Ronald McKeithen

By Ronald McKeithen, Appleseed guest blogger Birmingham, AL -- Doubts of ever leaving prison had been embedded deep within me. I couldn't shake them. At least not completely. Even after everything that I'd prayed for and dreamed of for decades…

Introducing Appleseed's legal extern Allen Slater

Intern, News

By Allen Slater My name is Allen Slater, and I am honored to join Alabama Appleseed as a full-time extern. I admire this organization’s mission, methodology, and compassion, and I am thrilled to contribute to the team. I am also eternally…

Alabama Appleseed is hiring a communications and development associate

News

Alabama Appleseed is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 whose mission is to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians. Alabama Appleseed conducts integrated culture and policy change campaigns to confront laws…

COVID-19 Sheds Light on the South’s Broken Housing System as Stimulus Checks Fund Motel Stays

COVID-19, News

By Renuka Srivastava Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic's lockdown was enforced, more rent strikes occurred in this country than ever before. Families are forced to choose between food on their tables or a roof over their heads. This difficult…

Human Rights Groups, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, an Alabama Democratic Lawmaker, a GOP Operative, Corrections Professionals, a Retired Federal Magistrate Judge, and Cannabis Advocates Came Together to Stop a Disabled Black Veteran from Going to Prison. This is the Story of How We Failed.

Fair Schools, Safe Communities, Habitual Felony Offender Act, Leah Nelson, Marijuana reform, News

By Leah Nelson leah.nelson@alabamaappleseed.org In August 2016, a disabled Black veteran named Sean Worsley brought his legally prescribed medical marijuana with him on a road trip from Arizona to North Carolina. On his way through Alabama,…