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September 2023 newsletter

Our September 2023 newsletter features overviews of issue proposals to be voted on at our upcoming annual meeting.

Date
September 6, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
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June 2023 newsletter

The June 2023 newsletter features a recap of the 2023 Alabama legislative session as well as coverage from our Legislative Day.

Issues
Housing, Tax Reform, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion, Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health
Date
June 28, 2023
Author
Matt Okarmus
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March 2023 newsletter

The March 2023 newsletter features a preview of the 2023 Alabama legislative session and pieces on the changes to SNAP and Medicaid.

Date
March 1, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
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October 2022 newsletter

[caption id="attachment_7363" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Alabama Arise members gather at the in-person portion of our hybrid 2022 Annual Meeting on Sept. 24 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Montgomery. We also offered live participation via Zoom for remote attendees across Alabama. More than 400 members participated in online voting for Arise's 2023 policy priorities in the [...]
Date
October 12, 2022
Author
Alabama Arise
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August 2022 newsletter

Our August 2022 newsletter features overviews of issue proposals to be voted on at our upcoming annual meeting.

Date
August 25, 2022
Author
Alabama Arise
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May 2022 newsletter

Read our recap of the 2022 legislative session as well as highlights on as highlights on summer food programs and postpartum Medicaid expansion. Plus meet our new staff!

Date
May 12, 2022
Author
Alabama Arise
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March 2022 newsletter

Read about Arise’s work to untax groceries, expand health coverage and advance justice in Alabama. Then learn how you can join our movement!

Date
March 9, 2022
Author
Alabama Arise
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December 2021 newsletter

Special sessions set stage for fast-paced 2022 regular session By Dev Wakeley, policy analyst The Alabama Legislature’s two special sessions this fall brought mixed results on Alabama Arise issue priorities. Lawmakers improved the state’s post-incarceration reentry policies in the first special session in September. And in the second session, which ended in November, they allocated [...]
Date
December 9, 2021
Author
Alabama Arise
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September 2021 newsletter

Special session(s) ahead? How Arise is preparing By Chris Sanders, communications director Alabama Arise’s work for equity, justice and opportunity persisted after the Legislature’s regular session ended. We’ll renew our commitment to those principles when Arise members choose 2022 issue priorities after the Sept. 25 annual meeting. And we’ll keep up the drumbeat when lawmakers [...]
Date
September 1, 2021
Author
Alabama Arise
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June 2021 newsletter

Arise advances justice in a pandemic session By Chris Sanders, communications director Advocacy barriers for Alabama Arise members were extraordinarily high during the Legislature’s 2021 regular session. The COVID-19 pandemic limited physical access to the State House and made a difficult policy landscape even rockier. But Arise members were undeterred. They spoke out forcefully and [...]
Date
June 4, 2021
Author
Alabama Arise