Alabama

Read JSRI’s complete 2009 profile of poverty and inequality in the State of Alabama »

A sample of that profile follows:

WHO ARE ALABAMA’S POOR?
240,518 are children (21.7% of kids)
74,185 are elders (12.1% of seniors)
398,132 are adults 18-64 (14.1 % of adults)
308,711 are in female-headed families (36.4% of such families)

Looked at another way:
296,934 males are poor (13.6 % males)
415,901 females are poor (17.7 % of females)
354,197 whites are poor (11 % of whites)
324,921 blacks are poor (27.8 % of blacks)
37,032 Hispanics are poor (29.1% of Hispanics)
27,912 immigrants are poor (21.6 % of foreign-born)
 

Fr. Ted Arroyo, SJ, is the lead JSRI liaison to Alabama groups, assisted by other staff as appropriate.

On November 15, 2011, Fr. Ted Arroyo, SJ, discussed Alabama's recent anti-immigrant law, considered one of the strictest in the U.S., with National Jesuit News. Click here to listen to the podcast.

 Particular articles of note are:

• A Legacy of “Cussedness”: Update on Alabama’s Harsh Immigration Enforcement Laws -- Weishar [JustSouth E-News, August 2012]
• That "Merciless Law": The Faith Response to Alabama's HB 56--Ted Arroyo, SJ, and Dr. Sue Weishar [JustSouth Quarterly--Winter 2011]
• Injustice Unleashed! HB 56 takes hold in Alabama--Weishar [JustSouth E-News, October 2011]

Related organizations

• Alabama Coalition on Human Relations
• Alabama Appleseed
• Alabama Arise
• Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
• Alabama Commission to Reduce Poverty—Alabama Possible
• Alabama Poverty Project
• Catholic Charities of Birmingham
• Catholic Social Services of Mobile
• Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (University of Alabama)
• Community Action Association of Alabama
• Economic & Community Development Institute at Auburn University
• Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama

 

Banner photograph: Mobile Press-Register: Father Arroyo speaks at Immigration rally in Mobile, flanked by Rob Farrell, Spring Hill College Service Organizer (left) and SHC Campus minister Billy Kavula