Tag: birmingham
Birmingham City Councilors Take Priorities to National League of Cities Conference
birminghamcitycouncil.org
Birmingham City Councilors were among more than 3,000 elected officials from all over the United States last week to converge on Washington D.C. for...
School Attendance Incentives for Birmingham Students Showing Signs of Success
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times
Birmingham’s Every Day Counts program, an effort to combat truancy, is gaining momentum.
The initiative incentivizes Housing Authority...
UAB Expert Shares 5 Steps for a Cleaner, Safer Water Bottle
By Brianna Hoge | UAB News
Name-brand water bottles have become the newest trend, but what happens when they are not properly cleaned? One UAB...
Black Veterans with PTSD Have a Higher Risk of Rehospitalization After...
By Hannah Echols | UAB News
Results showed that African American veterans with PTSD had a higher risk of rehospitalization than those without PTSD. However,...
Syncopated Ladies LIVE to Perform April 7 at UAB’s Alys Stephens...
By Shannon Thomason | UAB News
See Chloé Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies LIVE on Sunday, April 7, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented...
Jamilah Woods Named Deputy Director of Birmingham’s Department of Human Resources
City of Birmingham
When Jamilah Woods was a kid growing up in the Collegeville community of Birmingham, she wanted to be a pilot. Though she...
Stephanie St. Clair: How a Black Woman’s Empire Influenced Lotteries
By Samuetta Hill Drew | For the Birmingham Times
As we continue to explore African American women and their influence and impact on our daily...
One Week After Birmingham’s Computer Network Disruption, ‘Multiple Questions’ Remain
The Birmingham Times
Thursday marked one week since a computer network disruption delivered a significant challenge to Birmingham city workers and services and it's still...
“Our Black Male Teacher Initiative is something we’re so proud to...
STACI BROWN BROOKS, ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION PRESIDENT ON ITS BLACK MALE TEACHER INITIATIVE, ALABAMA NEWS CENTER, MARCH 10.
9-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Milana Price Among Birmingham’s StrongHer Honorees
By Chanda Temple | birminghamal.gov
Milana “LaLa” Price was 4 years old when a medical report shook her family to its core: she had a...