“SNAP cuts would harm children, older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities across Alabama, and they would make it harder for working families to keep food on the table,” Arise’s Chris Sanders tells Alabama Political Reporter. #HungerFreeAL alreporter.com/2024/05/24/pro…

“By increasing health care access, we can bolster workforce participation, stimulate economic growth and enhance productivity,” Cover Alabama partners wrote to Gov. Kay Ivey. Read more from Alexander Willis at Alabama Daily News. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama aldailynews.com/organizations-…

'[Arise's] report found that real wages had declined 11% from 2002-2019 and that Alabama workers made less than autoworkers in other states. Hispanic, Black and women workers also made less on average,' Jemma K Stephenson writes for Alabama Reflector. #alpolitics alabamareflector.com/2024/05/17/wor…

Alabama continues to lose ground when it comes to workers and families having solid footing on too many issues from #healthcare to #labor to #foodinsecurity to #housing We can and should do better #alpolitics

'Black women are more likely to experience mistreatment (such as shouting and scolding), dismissive attitudes, and medical neglect during pregnancy and childbirth, research has shown,' Arise's Victoria Enyinda Petty writes. alarise.org/blog-posts/how…

Arise is hiring! We're seeking a new Policy and Advocacy Director to advance our work for dignity, equity and justice for Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. Applications close Monday, June 17, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Find out more details at alarise.org/about/employme…

'In Cover Alabama’s letter, they cite the need for widespread healthcare access to increase workforce participation, productivity and economic growth,' Alabama Political Reporter writes. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama alreporter.com/2024/05/15/cov…

ARA's executive director, Cindy Lowry, will be talking about the highs and lows of the Alabama legislative session tomorrow at noon with other organizations working in Alabama. Join us tomorrow (May 21) on Zoom! #ALpolitics

Learn more + register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

'We are dealing with a lot of issues that overlap. And when you take away protections for families, we're going to lose a lot of ground,' Arise's Jennifer Harris tells Bob Hennelly. The interview starts at 9:55. #CoverAlabama #alpolitics work-bites.com/view-all/liste…

“It’s a lot more sensible to implement a cooperative process such as voluntary recognition,” Arise’s Dev Wakeley tells Chris Marr at Bloomberg Law. #alpolitics news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

'Foreign investment has created thousands of Alabama jobs — but with weak worker protections, the state remains one of the nation’s poorest,' Arise's Dev Wakeley writes in a joint op-ed with the Institute for Policy Studies in Reckon. #alpolitics reckon.news/news/2024/05/u…

I’ve been on maternity leave for 12 weeks but visited with some of our Alabama Arise policy team yesterday to celebrate the end of session and wish Akiesha Anderson well in the next phase of her career! I’m sure going to miss her (and proud of what she and her team accomplished)!

'Lack of health coverage most greatly affects the veterans who need it most. Veterans with previously existing disabilities have a higher uninsured rate than veterans in general,' Arise intern Suhas Kellampalli writes on our blog. #alpolitics #CoverAlabama alarise.org/resources/clos…

Arise is hiring! We're seeking a new Policy and Advocacy Director to advance our work for dignity, equity and justice for Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. Applications close Monday, June 17, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Find out more details at alarise.org/about/employme…

'“Alabama shouldn’t be left behind any longer. Gov. Ivey should take immediate action to close the coverage gap now,' Arise's Debbie Smith says in today's news release.
#CoverAlabama #alpolitics coveralabama.org/lettertogovivey

Come hang out tomorrow and learn more about the health care coverage gap in our state, and our work to close it!

Huntsville: Join our friends at United Women of Color for a lunch and learn tomorrow, Tuesday, May 14. Arise's Adam Keller will discuss Alabama's coverage gap and how to engage in advocacy. Register at actionnetwork.org/events/uwoc-lu…

'Alabama has the nation’s third-worst maternal death rate. Each year, roughly 40 new mothers in the state die within one year after delivery. Nearly 70% of those deaths are preventable,' Arise's Whit Sides, Alabama Apologist writes. #MothersDay #alpolitics #CoverAlabama alarise.org/resources/post…

'Equitable pay practices boost local economies by putting more money in workers’ pockets for groceries, housing, and other goods and services from local businesses,' Arise's Dev Wakeley writes in AL.com. #alpolitics al.com/reckon/2024/05…

'You will see nearly half a million children go without food or miss meals in the summer months,' Arise's LaTrell Clifford Wood tells FOX54News. #alpolitics #HungerFreeAL rocketcitynow.com/article/news/l…