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Arise 2025: How we’re working to build a better Alabama

Alabama Arise believes in dignity, equity and justice for all. We believe in an Alabama where everyone's voice is heard and everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential. And we believe better public policies are the key to building a brighter future for our state. Below, we'll share some details of that vision [...]
Issues
Criminal Justice, Health, Public Transportation, Tax Reform, Economic Opportunity, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion, Budgets
Date
January 31, 2025
Author
Alabama Arise
News Releases

56 Alabama groups urge Congress to reject tax cuts for the wealthy

Congress should oppose efforts to increase tax breaks for wealthy Americans and highly profitable corporations this year, 56 organizations across Alabama wrote in a letter sent to Alabama’s congressional delegation Wednesday. Lawmakers instead should seek to boost tax credits that expand opportunities for working people and families, the letter said. “We urge you and all [...]
Issue
Tax Reform
Date
January 29, 2025
Author
Chris Sanders
Letters & Testimony

Alabama Arise, 55 partner groups urge Congress to oppose more tax cuts for wealthy households

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in 2017, increased federal deficits by nearly $2 trillion while lavishing tax cuts on the country's wealthiest households. Many TCJA provisions are set to expire this year, including numerous provisions that disproportionately benefit wealthy people. Alabama Arise joined 55 partner organizations in a letter asking Alabama's congressional [...]
Issue
Tax Reform
Date
January 29, 2025
Author
Alabama Arise
Fact Sheet

School breakfast for all: What Alabama can do to help feed all of our kids

By Carol Gundlach, senior policy analyst, and LaTrell Clifford Wood, hunger policy advocate | January 2025 Overview Alabama can and should do more to equip our children and our schools for success. One big step would be to provide school breakfast for all our children. And our lawmakers can make major progress toward that goal [...]
Issues
Health, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Other Issues
Date
January 24, 2025
Author
Alabama Arise
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
Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Public Transportation, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion
Date
December 23, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise
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

Alabama voted. Now let’s organize for a better state

Alabama Arise and our members have worked for more than 35 years to push for state policies that improve the lives of people struggling to make ends meet. We advocate for policies to build an Alabama where everyone has the resources they need to reach their full potential. And we’ve always remained steadfast in this [...]
Issues
Health, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Other Issues, Economic Opportunity
Date
November 8, 2024
Author
Robyn Hyden
Member Resources

Alabama Arise 2025 legislative priorities

More than 150 Alabama Arise member groups and more than 1,500 individual members choose our legislative priorities each year. This process ensures that Alabamians most impacted by poverty have a seat at the table. Below are the priorities that our members selected for 2025. For a PDF version of this document, click here or click [...]
Issues
Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Public Transportation, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion
Date
October 23, 2024
Author
Alabama Arise
News Releases

Alabama Arise unveils 2025 roadmap for change in Alabama

Expanding Medicaid and ending the state sales tax on groceries will remain top goals on Alabama Arise’s 2025 legislative agenda. The organization also will advocate for state funds to help public schools provide free breakfast to every student. More than 450 members voted in the last week to affirm Arise’s legislative priorities. The seven priorities [...]
Issues
Medicaid Expansion, Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Public Transportation, Safety Net, Tax Reform, Voting Rights
Date
October 9, 2024
Author
Chris Sanders
Blog

Here’s what Alabama Arise heard in 2024!

Alabama Arise listens because we deeply value the input we get from members, partners and most importantly, those directly affected by the work we do together. We depend on what we hear to help guide our issue work and our strategies. We held two virtual statewide Town Hall Tuesdays this summer, and each featured three [...]
Issues
Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion, Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Housing, Public Transportation, Tax Reform, Economic Opportunity
Date
September 19, 2024
Author
Presdelane Harris