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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 [...]
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Alabama Arise 2025 membership brochure
Alabama Arise’s power and voice at the Legislature gets stronger when our membership is growing and diversifying. We encourage you to invite your family, friends and network to join you in supporting Arise – and we have materials to help you share our work. [caption id="attachment_9955" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Alabama Arise Legislative Day Tuesday, April 2, [...]
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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 [...]
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Alabama Arise resources for the 2024 general election
The 2024 general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5 ! Alabamians will vote on numerous federal, state and local offices, including the president and vice president, U.S. House members and several state Supreme Court justices. Are you registered to vote? Have you made a plan to vote in this year’s general election? Alabama Arise has [...]
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Learn the power of membership from four Arise members
Click here to donate now! Members like you and me are the heartbeat of Alabama Arise. Our collective power has brought material improvements to the lives of Alabamians, such as reducing the state grocery tax and extending postpartum Medicaid coverage. Thank you for supporting us in building a better Alabama. Will you join Arise with [...]
Personal Stories
From a childhood in the cancer ward to a lifetime in Alabama’s coverage gap
Lary Brooks is a fighter. At just 2 1/2 years old, he was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a bone and blood cancer that nearly took his life. Lary survived thanks to the life-saving treatment he received at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. “I was a week from dying when they found [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
Annual Report
Annual Report 2024
2024 was a tough year, one in which we faced some of our hardest legislative roadblocks yet. Despite hardline resistance from policymakers, together we were able to lift up the needs of working families and secure new resources to keep our communities safe.
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Pres Harris celebrates three decades of organizing and community involvement
When Presdelane Harris started at Alabama Arise as the phone organizer in summer 1994, she had no idea what the next 30 years had in store. She didn’t intend on being at Arise for long. “Maybe doing this for a little while, maybe one or two years,” she said. Pres makes it clear that no [...]