PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS FROM ACROSS ALABAMA Amplifying the voices of those working for change in Alabama by celebrating news, wins of all sizes, milestones, AND ways others could use support! Submit your news so we can celebrate you! - Alabama Water Rally 2024 registration is now open! We hope you'll join us at Camp McDowell March 15-17! Register here and find more information about sessions and speakers here.
- We're proud to offer professionally facilitated anti-racism training at Water Rally this year. Thanks to Camille Bennett with Project Say Something for being our trainer and to Alabama Forward for sponsoring the training! Look out for this training while registering for Water Rally.
- Black Warrior Riverkeeper has started a petition telling Mayor Walt Maddox and the City Council of Tuscaloosa to stop Tuscaloosa's chronic sewage spills. Add your signature here.
- Sweet Trails Alabama would like to hear from you about what future trails in Alabama should be like! Fill out the survey here.
- Coal ash update: The US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama dismissed a lawsuit filed by SELC & Mobile Baykeeper challenging the plan to leave Plant Barry's coal ash permanently in place. Read SELC & Mobile Baykeeper's statement here.
- Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition (MEJAC) is deeply concerned about the Alabama State Port Authority's plans for railyard expansion. MEJAC and other Africatown organizations hosted a community meeting to delve deeper into these concerns. Read MEJAC's Key Concerns brief here and news about community meetings here.
- Congratulations to Cahaba Riverkeeper for reaching fifteen years of existence in the fight to defend, ensure, and preserve the Cahaba River! Celebrate the occasion with them on the evening of January 26, details here.
- Several partners offered volunteer opportunities for folks to serve this freezing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Shout out to Village Creek Society, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Wild Alabama, Mobile Baykeeper, Alabama Environmental Council, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, and more we didn't happen to see!
- The Hurricane Creekkeeper published an update on their advocacy efforts with the repeated sewage overflows from the City of Tuscaloosa impacting Cottondale Creek. Read the blog here.
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