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Appleseed Network Response to the Murder of George Floyd and the Fight Against Systemic Racial Injustice

Alabama Appleseed is proud to be a member of the Appleseed network of 18 centers across the United States and Mexico. Collectively our network stands in solidarity with Black voices and Black-led movements mobilizing for change and releases…

Appleseed Welcomes 2020 Class of Summer Interns

Intern

Our team at Alabama Appleseed is pleased to be working with several terrific students this summer. Through remote internships, these students are advancing the cause for justice in Alabama and helping us with research, writing, data collection,…

Tuscaloosa's "Operation Safe Streets" Makes Tuscaloosa More Dangerous for Some

COVID-19, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, Fines and Fees, Leah Nelson, Marijuana reform, News

By Leah Nelson, Appleseed Research Director As Alabama struggles to contain Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus that has gripped the world’s attention since January, law enforcement officials and judges across the state…

A 71-year old man finally walks free, after marijuana sent him away

Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, Habitual Offender Law, Marijuana reform

By Carla Crowder, Appleseed Executive Director Birmingham, Ala. -- A little more justice slowly made its way into Alabama this week. Roberto Cruz, a 71-year-old man who had been sentenced to die in prison for a case involving marijuana…

Black Belt COVID-19 testing improves, but there is much more to do

Akiesha Anderson, Author, COVID-19, News

By Akiesha Anderson, Appleseed Policy Director On March 30th, Alabama Appleseed sent a letter to Dr. Scott Harris—Director of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), and Brian Hastings—Director of the Alabama Department of Emergency…

“People are dying. They had us in there for tickets.”

Alabama Appleseed News, COVID-19, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, Fines and Fees, Leah Nelson

By Leah Nelson, Appleseed Research Director MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- When police pulled Reunca Lewis over near downtown Montgomery on April 17, the 23-year-old Montgomery resident was baffled. Lewis’s car had been stolen and then involved in…