Tag: Leadership
$50-million ‘asset’ in North Birmingham gets much needed approval
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The board of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau on Monday approved allowing a portion of the lodging taxes...
Birmingham’s Ashley M. Jones announces creation of Alabama Poetry Delegation
By Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com
Alabama poet laureate Ashley M. Jones has long been vocal about elevating the voices of poets in the South. Now, a...
Alabama poet laureate Ashley M. Jones awarded $50,000 grant from the...
By Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com
Alabama poet laureate Ashley Jones has been awarded $50,000 to support her public poetry projects.
The Academy of American Poets has...
Protective Life, TWG 2022 Host Leadership Summit for City Students
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
On Tuesday, more than a dozen Birmingham high school students met with local leaders at the first of a two-day...
Teens invited to apply for Anytown, Alabama Leadership Summit
alaquest.net
Invite your teen to apply for Anytown Alabama where they will meet young people from the entire metro area and learn together about different religions, cultures...
Regions Honors Birmingham Attorney J. Mason Davis Jr. For Lifetime Achievement
By Candace Higginbotham
J. Mason Davis Jr. didn’t have to ask to join civic groups around Birmingham, Alabama. That’s because they usually asked him first.
“And...
Pastor Mike Jr. Interviews His Grandfather Bishop Calvin Woods, Legend of...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
On a bright winter morning in the Magic City, a man is seen approaching the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI)....
The Lasting Legacy of a Birmingham Civil Rights Giant
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Visiting his grandfather, Bishop Calvin Woods, in Birmingham’s Central Park neighborhood, Mike McClure Jr. and his other younger family members...
Mayor Woodfin Names Leadership Team For Birmingham Police
birminghamal.gov
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin has reappointed Patrick D. Smith as Chief of the Birmingham Police Department.
“When I appointed Chief Smith in 2018, I was...
Meet this year’s 2021-2022 Class of Leadership Birmingham
www.leadershipbirmingham.org
Greater Birmingham leaders across diverse sectors of the community will spend the next 10 months together as Leadership Birmingham’s Class of 2022.
The 39-year-old...
