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Introducing Dana Sweeney – Alabama Appleseed's Organizer

My name is Dana Sweeney, and I am the newest addition to the Alabama Appleseed team. Continuing the efforts of many Appleseed advocates before me, I will be working as a statewide organizer to put an end to predatory lending practices in Alabama.…

Alabama Appleseed, the Virginia NAACP, and Coalition Partners File Brief in Opposition to Drivers’ Licenses Being Suspended for Unpaid Debts

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Montgomery, AL – Alabama Appleseed, the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP, and 17 other civil rights and poverty law organizations from across the nation today submitted an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

Introducing Lisa Cagle - 2017 Summer Legal Intern

Alabama Appleseed News, Intern

My name is Lisa Cagle and I will be a second year law student at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. While I am originally from North Dakota, I am excited to be living in Alabama and enjoying the warm weather year round. I may not…

2017 Alabama Regular Session - Final Report

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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 is a member of the national Appleseed Network, which includes 17 Appleseed…

Alabama Appleseed recommends retaining the “Remittance Rule” in comments to the CFPB

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Montgomery, AL – On May 23, Alabama Appleseed, joined by the National Appleseed and seven additional state Appleseed Centers, submitted a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") in response to an opportunity for public…

The legislature voted to make Alabama’s death penalty process even less reliable … Now it’s up to the Governor to stand up for justice!

Advocacy News, HB 187, Other Issues

Eight times since 1976 the state of Alabama has sent a person to death row and gotten it wrong. One of those exonerees, Anthony Ray Hinton, spent almost 30 years on Alabama’s death row before his volunteer lawyers were able to show that…

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Introducing Dana Sweeney – Alabama Appleseed's Organizer

Alabama Appleseed, the Virginia NAACP, and Coalition Partners File Brief in Opposition to Drivers’ Licenses Being Suspended for Unpaid Debts

Introducing Lisa Cagle - 2017 Summer Legal Intern

2017 Alabama Regular Session - Final Report

Alabama Appleseed recommends retaining the “Remittance Rule” in comments to the CFPB

The legislature voted to make Alabama’s death penalty process even less reliable … Now it’s up to the Governor to stand up for justice!

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