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Welcome Summer Intern Katia Apedoh

“Alabama Appleseed is a natural bridge between the diversity, equity, and inclusion work that I have done in high school and what I plan to do in college. I am so grateful to Appleseed for the opportunity to learn about the problems that…

Welcome Summer Intern London Breedlove

Intern

My name is London Breedlove and I am so excited for the opportunity I have been given to intern with Alabama Appleseed this summer! A Mississippi native, I was brought to Alabama on a tennis scholarship at the University of Montevallo.…

Welcome Legal Extern Tayler Walton

Intern

My name is Tayler Walton and I have the absolute privilege of working for Alabama Appleseed this summer as their legal intern. I am a rising 3L at Cumberland School of Law and I could not be more ecstatic to be working for an…

Joseph Raines has a new life at age 69. Now we just have to prove he was born.

Carla Crowder

By Carla Crowder, Executive Director Joseph Raines spent 43 years in Alabama’s prison system for a robbery conviction. At age 69, he was still working in St. Clair prison’s vehicle restoration plant, lifting heavy pieces of metal…

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

Leah Nelson

Turning memories into art with people who have lost loved ones to violence By Leah Nelson, Research Director Alabama Appleseed spent much of 2022 and 2023 traveling the state and talking with victims of violent crime. We focused…

Birmingham Re-entry Alliance is hiring a Case Manager

News

The Birmingham Re-entry Alliance is an innovative, collaborative reentry support and case management system for individuals returning to Birmingham following incarceration in state prison. Our network will combine the necessary services for…