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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…

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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…

Black Girls Are More Harshly Punished within Alabama’s K-12 Public Schools

Akiesha Anderson, Fair Schools, Fair Schools, Safe Communities

By Akiesha Anderson, Appleseed Policy Director Today, the Appleseed Network released its newest report, “Protecting Girls of Color 2020.” This report contains disturbing findings that show Black girls within Alabama’s K-12 public school…