Tag: quotes of note
“The community isn’t just watching the process, they’re actually engaged in...
-Onoyemi Williams, deputy director of Faith in Action Alabama’s Birmingham chapter, during an activist training session in Fairfield, according to a Jan. 25 story...
“We’d never been on a highway where people are driving 80,...
Ted Greer, the new CEO of Alabama Regional Medical Services, on immigrating to the United States from the Caribbean, according to a Jan. 23...
“We want to spend our time…collectively pushing what should be put...
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin during his State of the City address, according to a Jan. 18 story from The Birmingham Times.
“Personally, I think we need to be doing this simply because...
-Birmingham City Councilor Darrell O’Quinn on a plan recently approved by the council which will provide services to homeless residents of Birmingham, according to...
“The windows, the doors, and everything blew off, and we couldn’t...
-Stephanie Walters, a Selma resident, who spoke about her experience of a storm that ravaged the city and surrounding area last week, according to...
“I want to be able to nurture talent and inspire people...
-Eboni Major, a Birmingham native credited as being one of the first Black female whiskey blenders in the U.S., recently named one of influential...
“I think if we give people great environments, then their kids...
Birmingham City Council President Pro Tem Crystal Smitherman on how a $50 million federal grant the city applied for could help revitalize the Smithfield...
“They were mothers and fathers. They were brothers and sisters, cousins,...
-Mayor Randall Woodfin on homicide victims killed last year, whose names were read in a video posted on the city’s social media, according to...
“They’re living as if they don’t care if they die. And...
-Carrmone Owens, founder of 2nd Chance Lifesavers, a Birmingham-based organization, on the mental health issues of many Black men in violent situations, according to...
“I would tell myself, ‘Don’t give up, don’t give in, and...
-Robert Cheeks, 80, who was released from William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Bessemer after serving 37 years of a life sentence given to...
