We learned this morning via a Facebook status update by Julian Bond of the passing of Ann Durr Lyon last week in Harrisburg, PA. She was 85. The Birmingham, AL native was one of four daughters of noted civil rights activists Clifford and Virginia (Foster) Durr. She made her own mark in this life by [...]
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Birmingham is a pretty creative community. It only makes sense for their to be buzz (& a survey) underway surrounding a possible makerspace for The Magic City this year. It’s a great way to build on the existing creativity.
Today is the first ever global observance of the International Day of the Girl Child. Here in Birmingham two events provide an opportunity to spotlight some of the metro areas inspirational women leaders.
Taking a moment to thank the folks at WBHM/90.3 FM for including us in last night’s Issues and Ales panel about the future of journalism in North Central Alabama – and pointing out a couple of posts that resulted from it elsewhere on the Internet today.
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Birmingham News business reporter Michael Tomberlin is preparing to be redeployed to Afghanistan. We just wanted to take a moment and wish him Godspeed as this tour of duty begins…
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Birmingham native and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been in Birmingham since Monday in advance of this year’s Regions Tradition. Perhaps you’d like to find out where she was on Monday afternoon.
You’ve seen your friends change their profile pictures to help promote it and you’ve most likely heard your favorite area nonprofit talk about it. We’ve got a few links that tell you a little more and a video showing what some organizations are willing to do to help raise their profile (and that of others in the state of Alabama).
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Birmingham, AL is known as a city of giving. We’d like to ask you to give a little extra of yourself during this holiday season (and into 2012) as a holiday gift to us in 2011.
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