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Personal Stories

‘It shouldn’t be like this’

“If working people could get the coverage they deserve, we wouldn’t even be where we are now. Here in the Black Belt, or anywhere else.”

Issues
Health, Medicaid Expansion
Date
January 15, 2025
Author
Whit Sides
Personal Stories

‘I just want to go to the doctor’

“I get these bills in the mail, and it’s so much stress. I don’t like owing people money. So I just don’t get help even when I’m in pain.”

Issues
Health, Medicaid Expansion
Date
January 15, 2025
Author
Whit Sides
Personal Stories

‘Coverage needs to be affordable for everyone’

Valerie is disabled, living without health coverage in rural Wilcox County. After 30 surgeries, she’s got thousands of dollars in medical debt.

Issues
Health, Medicaid Expansion
Date
January 15, 2025
Author
Whit Sides
Resources

Las prioridades legislativas de Alabama Arise para 2025

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 [...]
Issues
Safety Net, Tax Reform, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion, Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Public Transportation
Date
December 23, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise
Handbook

The Alabama Maternal Health Toolkit

  "To improve maternal health, we have to focus on improving all women’s health and access to care – not just during labor and delivery, but before and after pregnancy, and throughout our lives." - Dr. Leana S. Wen Download a full PDF copy of The Alabama Maternal Health Toolkit here. You also can access [...]
Issue
Health
Date
December 20, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise
Member Resources

A new year, a new issue selection process for Alabama Arise

From our founding, Alabama Arise has been strongly committed to member leadership. Directly impacted communities, our member organizations and individuals guide and decide our policy agenda. Over the years, the way we select this agenda has changed as our work has evolved and as times change. Now we are proposing another change. During our November [...]
Date
December 18, 2024
Author
Robyn Hyden
Blog

The federal policy fights and opportunities ahead for Alabama Arise

Alabama Arise and our members have worked for more than 35 years to push for policies that improve the lives of people struggling to make ends meet. We have remained steadfast in this mission and our values, and we will continue that commitment in the coming years. Arise is deeply concerned about the prospect of [...]
Issues
Budgets, Health, Safety Net, Tax Reform
Date
December 18, 2024
Author
Carol Gundlach
Blog

Join Alabama Arise this holiday season!

In this season of generosity, we can’t forget all of the Alabamians struggling to make ends meet because of bad policies. At Alabama Arise, we take our cue from you, our members, to build a better future. Together, we’re focused on advocacy for a more just and prosperous state. More than 15% of our financial [...]
Date
December 18, 2024
Author
Jacob Smith
Newsletter

December 2024 newsletter

The federal policy fights and opportunities ahead for Alabama Arise By Carol Gundlach, senior policy analyst Alabama Arise and our members have worked for more than 35 years to push for policies that improve the lives of people struggling to make ends meet. We have remained steadfast in this mission and our values, and we [...]
Date
December 13, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise
Member Resources

Folleto de membresía Alabama Arise 2025

El poder y la voz de Alabama Arise en la Legislatura se fortalecen cuando nuestra membresía crece y se diversifica. Te animamos a que invites a tu familia, amigos y comunidad a unirse a ti para apoyar a Arise, y tenemos materiales para ayudarte a compartir nuestro trabajo. [caption id="attachment_9955" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Alabama Arise Legislative [...]
Date
November 15, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise