When I list my sins on judgment day one will have to be my stops at Pete’s Famous Hot Dogs in downtown Birmingham. Oh, going there was not sinful, just the 1,000 times that I did. Stand with me at the scales and you can tell I loved the menu. The Special…now that was a [...]
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AHF Recognizes Women’s History Month During March, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Women’s History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. By Billie Jean Young, AHF board member A woman is like a field of wild flowers growing inside of barbed wire. [...]
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AHF Recognizes Black History Month During February, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Black History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. Written by Bob Stewart, AHF’s executive director I was fortunate to finish my k-12 education in Tuscaloosa as desegregation was well [...]
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AHF Recognizes Black History Month During February, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Black History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. Written by blogger Dominique Linchet, Ph.D., AHF’s grants director As a long-time educator and as I reflect upon what it means [...]
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In the immediate aftermath of the tragic Arizona shooting, I am consumed with despair, barely able to keep my attention on driving home through the heavy afternoon traffic, my mind shuffles through a stack of possibilities searching for a trump—a solution to the intense rancorous rhetoric that has come to dominate public discourse. The interview [...]
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AHF Recognizes Black History Month During February, we will feature a series of blog posts focusing on Black History Month. Please join us in the discussion and comment with your own opinions and tales. Written by guest blogger, Cynthia Martin, AHF’s program and development assistant I still recall my first awareness of an African-American person [...]
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Last month, my friend and West Point classmate Mitch lost his daughter Jessica in an automobile accident. Jessica was an organ donor and her thoughtfulness in identifying herself as such resulted in five lives being saved in the wake of her passing. As precious as Jessica’s donations proved to be, I think her dad Mitch’s [...]
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Three weeks have passed since I joined AHF as its new grants director and I am amazed with the number and range of people I have already had a chance to meet, as well as with the variety of activities and events I have taken part in. Every day has been different and new. I [...]
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One of my goals for 2011 is to get to know Alabama a little better. I have called this great place home for four years now, but I must admit, there’s still so much I want to see! My first year here, friends and I visited several must-sees: Vulcan Park, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, [...]
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In our rented Outback, we glide in awe through the New Mexico deserts and mountains, a treasure trove of southwestern American history, reveling in the jewel-toned landscape that fades from reds to purples, to browns to yellows and beyond. Eyes feasting on the constantly changing scenery from Albuquerque to Farmington, we are certain our journey [...]
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