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  • June 2024
  • Wed 5
    June 5, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Summer Advocacy Workshop: Alabama Rivers Alliance with UAB Lister Hill Center

    Zoom Video Conference

    Join the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy as we host a series of summer advocacy workshops featuring community partners doing on-the-ground work in the field of health policy. These [...]

  • Mon 10
    June 10, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    LWV Voter Education Series: Union 101 for Sweet Home Alabama

    Zoom Video Conference

    On Monday June 10, 2024 at 6:30pm Adam Keller of Alabama Arise and Jennifer Sherer of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) will reprise their discussion of what unions do, who [...]

  • July 2024
  • Tue 30
    July 30, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    Solar Careers in Alabama Educational Virtual Networking Event with Energy Alabama

    Zoom Video Conference

    Calling all educators! Teachers can earn 1 AMSTI Professional Development credit and help your student explore exciting careers in solar energy. Join Energy Alabama's virtual networking event with industry professionals!

  • August 2024
  • Tue 20
    August 20, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Water is Life: Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta

    Zoom Video Conference

    Beat the summer heat and join us from the comfort of your own home or office for our Water Is Life Summer Reading Zoom Series! We are excited to feature [...]

  • Tue 27
    August 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Lauderdale Co. Extension Office Veterans Drive, Florence, AL, United States

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District prepared a Draft Program Management Plan (PgMP) and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PgEA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) [...]

  • Thu 29
    August 29, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Public Meeting for USACE Invasive Species Proposal

    Lauderdale Co. Extension Office Veterans Drive, Florence, AL, United States

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District prepared a Draft Program Management Plan (PgMP) and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PgEA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) [...]

  • October 2024
  • Tue 22
    October 22, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Water is Life: Get Out the Vote!

    Zoom Video Conference

    Water is Life: Get Out the Vote! with League of Women Voters of Alabama and  Alabama State Conference of the NAACP It's time again to exercise your responsibility to vote [...]

    Free
  • Thu 24
    October 24, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Shake the Field Book Club October Meeting

    Virtual!

    To shake the field, we need to know the field. The Shake the Field Book Club is a chance to dig deep into social movement reality, strategy, and history. Each [...]

  • December 2024
  • Thu 5
    December 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    The People’s Justice Council’s Giving Tuesday Virtual Event

    Virtual!

    Join the People's Justice Council for their Giving Tuesday Virtual Fundraising Event, "Help the People, Heal the Planet!" This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to be part of a meaningful [...]

  • Thu 5
    December 5, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

    Using Biomimicry to Enhance Energy Education with Energy Alabama

    Virtual!

    Attention Teachers! Join Energy Alabama and Biomimicry Institute for this exciting virtual training! Using STEAM concepts, explore how biomimicry can help your students think outside the box about renewable energy! [...]

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About ARA
Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama’s water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Click here to read a summary of our 2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan.
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  • Updates from ARA!
  • The New Southern Exposure Films Will Premiere at Altamont School in Birmingham on September 19!
  • Southern Exposure Films Donated to All 17 Birmingham Public Libraries
  • Great News! Seven Groups Successful in Updating Toxic Pollutant Values to Protect Health of Alabamians!
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We are so excited to partner with UAB Libraries to We are so excited to partner with UAB Libraries to bring the NEW Southern Exposure Films to UAB for a FREE screening! If you missed them in September, now's your chance to see them in #Birmingham!

Created in six weeks during the summer, the Southern Exposure Films celebrate special people and nature in Alabama, while discovering hidden treasures and exploring complex issues.

Tuesday, November 18 from 5 – 6:30 pm
at Mervyn H. Sterne Library Room 174

Learn more + see trailers at link in bio or scan the code.

#UAB #BirminghamAL #SouthernExposure #Hyperscaled #Salamanaders #Salabama #Veterans #FlyFishing #BelleMina #Quarries #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #StoriesThatInspire
Tonight at @redemptivecycles! Join ARA's Staff, Bo Tonight at @redemptivecycles! Join ARA's Staff, Board and Young Professional River Defenders at Redemptive Cycle’s Trample! Tony D @tonydbham and @kalrelcoolbeans will be leading the way for a super fun socially-paced 8-10 mile ride with a stop halfway-ish to learn more about Alabama Rivers Alliance and our work to #DefendRivers across the state. Don’t have a bike? No worries – Redemptive will hold one for you because they are so great, but there are a limited amount of loaner bikes. Learn more from the link (bio or on the image!)

#BhamBikes #BikingBham #Trample #CleanWater #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #birmingham #birminghamalabama #bham #bikebham
Join Alabama Rivers Alliance, Poet Fellow Erika E. Join Alabama Rivers Alliance, Poet Fellow Erika E. Wade, Alabama Poetry Delegate Tina Mozelle Braziel and Jefferson County Greenways for an inspiring Eco-Poetry Writing Workshop at the beautiful Turkey Creek Nature Preserve! 
WHEN? Saturday, November 8 from 10 am - noon
WHERE? Turkey Creek Nature Preserve Pavilion 3906 Turkey Creek Rd, Pinson, AL 35126

MORE INFO: ARA’s summer Poet & Film Fellow, Erika E. Wade, will share the beautiful poem she created this summer during the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship program, KNOWING. Her poem and short film explore personal themes of family, community, and access to nature. Erika will lead a writing workshop for ANYONE, regardless of experience. Feel free to enjoy the winding creek and waterfall, right here in this beautiful location, before or after the writing exercise.  We will send you more details about parking, etc. after you register.

#alabama #poetry #alabamapoems #alabamarivers #waterislife #turkeycreek
Thank you to @bhamnow's @thebamabuzz feature on ho Thank you to @bhamnow's @thebamabuzz feature on how you can see the NEW Southern Exposure Films across the state! Come see us in Montevallo, Montgomery, Mobile, Fairhope, Fort Payne, Talladega, Decatur, Mentone, and more. We're adding more dates all the time, so keep up with where + when from our link in bio. 

#SouthernExposure #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #EnviroDocs #AlabamaRivers #Hyperscaled #DataCenters #BhamNow #BamaBuzz #Undermined #Salabama #Knowing #Salamanders #RiversGift #FlyFishing #Montevallo #Montgomery #Decatur #MobileBay #Mentone #Talladega
We gathered partners from across the state this af We gathered partners from across the state this afternoon to meet with the new Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management - Ed Poolos. We all had a very open, engaging conversation about all four corners of the state and how to best work together to protect our state's natural resources. Poolos told us "we can have economic development AND a clean environment and I'm committed to that in Alabama!" We wholeheartedly agree and look forward to a better working relationship with ADEM!
Montevallo! We can't wait to see you Wednesday at Montevallo! We can't wait to see you Wednesday at the FREE screening of the NEW Southern Exposure Films with @umenvironmentalstudies and @cahabariverkeeper + @cahabariversociety1988. These short documentaries celebrate special people and nature in Alabama, while discovering hidden treasures and exploring complex issues.

Wednesday, October 29
at Montevallo's Humanities Hall
Merchants and Planters Bank Auditorium
Snacks at 6 pm | Films start at 6:30
Q&A + Discussion After 

Hosted by ARA, University of Montevallo Environmental Club and Cahaba River Society / Cahaba Riverkeeper as the newly merged Cahaba River Coalition! 

For more information about the films and to see trailers, follow the 🔗!

#montevallo #SouthernExposure #Alabama #AlabamaRivers #WaterIsLife #DefendRivers #montevalloalabama #JeffCo #CahabaRiver
The people of Bessemer were denied a chance to spe The people of Bessemer were denied a chance to speak at their own PUBLIC hearing. The railroading of the change in zoning shows the Bessemer City Council had no intention of hearing from their residents. The fight is not over for Bessemer! There’s one more chance November 18 for them to hear their community’s concerns. If you live in Bessemer, let them know you do NOT want this power and water guzzler in your neighbor’s backyards!

Read the latest update from @insideclimatenews (l i n k i n b i o) 

Repost from @lanierisom
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The latest on the proposed hyperscale data center in Bessemer, Alabama, right outside Birmingham. Once a thriving city steeped in the steel industry, Bessemer now turns to AI infrastructure to solve its economic woes. 
Check out the link in my bio or go to @insideclimatenews 
The Bessemer city council in July. Photo: @leehedgepeth
The Bessemer City Council met last night and, desp The Bessemer City Council met last night and, despite overwhelming opposition from Bessemer residents, they voted 6-0 to change a definition in their zoning code that would allow data centers of any size to be built in any industrial zone in Bessemer. In an abrupt change from previous meetings, many Bessemer residents, and their neighbors who live just a stone’s throw from this proposed data center, were not allowed to speak or be heard about an issue that impacts their health, livelihoods, and environment. Stay tuned for lots of media coming soon about this!

This isn’t the end of the fight. The next City Council meeting will be Tuesday, November 18 at 9 am. This will be THE VOTE to allow for Project Marvel in Bessemer. Stay tuned for the latest information about upcoming meetings and ways to take action at by clicking here.

There are still MANY data centers slated to open across the state and Alabama Rivers Alliance is organizing a statewide coalition to address the onslaught of these energy and water guzzlers. 

#BessemerAL #Bessemer #DataCenter #ProjectMArvel #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife
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