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Welcome Megan Cheek! Appleseed's New Communications and Development Associate Brings Years of Nonprofit Experience to Her Role

Megan Cheek, News

Hello! I’m Megan Cheek, and I’m beyond thrilled to be joining Alabama Appleseed as the Communications and Development Associate. I’ve long admired Appleseed’s commitment to justice and equity, and I jumped at the opportunity to join…

Quan Holt’s Good Samaritan actions cost him his left leg, his mobility, and his health. Alabama’s civil forfeiture laws cost him nearly everything else.

Civil Asset Forfeiture, Leah Nelson, Marijuana reform

The former high school football star used marijuana to manage pain from a catastrophic accident. Did Alabama law enforcement charge him as a drug kingpin so the state could keep his car, cash, and other valuables? By Leah Nelson Leah.Nelson@alabamaappleseed.org PHENIX…

Appleseed's Legislative Priorities 2021

Alabama prisons, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Fines and Fees, Habitual Offender Law

By Alabama Appleseed Staff The 2021 Alabama Regular Session will begin on February 2, 2021. Below is a summary of key human rights and criminal justice issues we anticipate will be under active, serious deliberation by the legislature…

“I'm experiencing a rebirth, a second chance at life, and every day has been a blessing.”

Alabama prisons, Habitual Offender Law, News

By Ronald McKeithen, Appleseed guest blogger Birmingham, AL -- Doubts of ever leaving prison had been embedded deep within me. I couldn't shake them. At least not completely. Even after everything that I'd prayed for and dreamed of for decades…

Introducing Appleseed's legal extern Allen Slater

By Allen Slater My name is Allen Slater, and I am honored to join Alabama Appleseed as a full-time extern. I admire this organization’s mission, methodology, and compassion, and I am thrilled to contribute to the team. I am also eternally…

Alabama Appleseed is hiring a communications and development associate

Alabama Appleseed is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 whose mission is to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians. Alabama Appleseed conducts integrated culture and policy change campaigns to confront laws…