Join us for our postcarding event for Read Freely Alabama and League of Women Voters of Alabama this Monday, February 17th from 4-6 p.m. at Cahaba Brewing Company (500 5th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222) We encourage each participant to write and send a set of 10 postcards. If possible, please bring stamps to cover your postcards. For those who may need assistance, we’ll have extra stamps available.

If you’re unable to attend but would like to support our cause, donations of stamps are greatly appreciated. You can Venmo Kristin at @Kristin-Rezek-1. THANK YOU!!

Stay informed. Hear from an array of amazing advocates at HIVE/MAD’s Legislative Preview Tuesday, January 28th from 12-1 p.m.! Speakers include:

• Action Coalition for Transit in Alabama’s Marva Douglas
• Alabama Appleseed‘s Elaine Burdeshaw and Elliot Spillers
• Alabama Arise’s Jennifer Harris
• Alabama River Alliance’s Cindy Lowry
• League of Women Voters of Alabama’s Kathy Jones
• Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense’s Paula Wilson
• Read Freely Alabama’s Jessica Hayes

Advance registration required to receive a Zoom link. Register today! 

Birmingham will be hosting a rally in partnership with the People’s March in Washington DC. The Birmingham event will be held at the Robert Vance Federal Courthouse on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 11 am to 1 pm. Click here for the Facebook event link.

We all show up for different reasons, but we stand for the same cause: to defend our rights and our future.

If you believe that decisions about your body should remain yours, that books belong in libraries, not on bonfires, that healthcare is a right, not a privilege for the wealthy; if you believe in the power of free speech and protest to sustain democracy; or if you want an economy that works for the people who power it—then this rally is for you.

The People’s March is about one thing: our power.

It’s a bold demonstration of the resilience of resistance:

-We rally to unite the people who’ve been the backbone of resistance for generations—and to welcome even more -We rally to remind civil servants they answer to us
-We rally to inspire, energize, and drive change long after the day is done.

This is our moment to remind Washington elites — and Americans everywhere — where the power truly lives: with the people.

Let’s make it count.

Please note this is a peaceful event, there will be a police presence.

If you are with an organization that would like to participate in this event please message one of the co-hosts. Approved organizations are welcome to set up a table free of charge.

Fam,

It’s been a heartbreaking and defeating week in all the ways. We’re still not sure what the path forward is but we know that we find hope in the goodness of you, your love, your advocacy efforts, and your support. 

We’re going to gather to hold space for one another this Sunday, November 17th at 4 p.m. at Sims Garden in Homewood (located at 908 Highland Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209). Please let us know if you’re coming here by Thursday, 11/14 (we may have to change locations if our group grows beyond a certain number).

Please bring a chair if you have one and perhaps a beverage to share of your liking.

AND

We all could use a piece of comfort, joy, or compassion to take home with us and place in our home or hold in our pockets. So please consider bringing a small gift to share with someone at the gathering. Something meaningful to you in some small way that you think might bring some joy or peace to someone else. Something you have around the house, no need to buy anything. Ideas include, something from your garden, a colorful scrap of cloth, beads, a rock… something small.

So looking forward to being in community with y’all.

HIVE/MAD are hosting a special fundraising lunch for Elizabeth Anderson who is running for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District on Wednesday, October 9th from 12:00-1:00 p.m.at Surin West (1918 11th Ave S, 35205). Come and meet Elizabeth and learn why we need someone like her to fight for us — for affordable healthcare, reproductive freedom, and economic justice for all — in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. Bring a friend!

Tickets for this HIVE/MAD special event are $50 each and include lunch and a donation to the campaign. Seating is limited. 

Please RSVP & Venmo to @Kristin-Rezek-1. Or, pay with check/cash the day of the event by reserving a ticket by October 8th. Please email hivealabama@gmail.com to make your reservation.

This may be the most important conversation we have before the election. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 17th at 12 p.m. for the Zoom: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ON THE BALLOT. We offer an amazing lineup of Alabama speakers – healthcare professionals, legal advocates, politicians and activists. They will address current reproductive health issues, plus what is planned in the right-wing blueprint for presidential transition, “Project 2025.” 

Note: This Noon Zoom will run until 1:15 or 1:30 p.m. Space may be limited! 

Please register here in advance for the Zoom.

We suspect that like us, you are concerned about the future of our country given the choices presented to us in the 2024 election.

With so much at stake, we want any political donations we make to help to elect people who share our values. Perhaps you feel the same way.

Are you unsure how to support vital elections in swing states? We were, but not anymore thanks to Flip the Vote!

With several friends, we are hosting two opportunities for you to join us, either virtually on Sunday, September 15th at 2 p.m., or in person on Thursday, September 19th at 5:30 p.m. at Hi Wire Brewing. We would LOVE to see you.

This is an event for everyone – NOT just for big dollar donors. Just come and join like minded people, and if you’re inspired to financially support the work of Flip the Vote, all the better.

What is Flip the Vote?

Flip the Vote is a grassroots organization founded in 2018 by a group of concerned S.F. Bay Area folks who wanted to identify the best place to invest our limited financial resources in the states where it matters most.

Flip the Vote does meticulous research to identify the smartest way for Democrats (and unaffiliated progressives as well as disaffected Republicans) to channel our political resources by:

• Investing early in effective grassroots voter-engagement groups in the most critical, must-win states
• Identifying grassroots groups, mainly led and staffed by people of color, that work year-round inspiring voters who can make a difference up and down the ballot 
• Focusing on geographic areas and strategic partners where early investment will make an outsized impact in critical 2023 and 2024 elections

Read more about the rationale behind their strategy here. Details about the impact Flip the Vote had on the 2022 election can be found here. It’s impressive!

JOIN US!

• Sunday, September 15th at 2:00 p.m. Central time on Zoom (you’ll receive a link after you RSVP here)

OR

• Thursday, September 19th at 5:30 p.m. at Hi Wire Brewing (please RSVP here)

There’s no expected donation, but we are confident after hearing their plans for the election cycle you might be interested in contributing! If you’d like to invite a friend, please forward this email to them.  Even if you are unsure whether you can attend, RSVP anyway to be sure you’ll have the link.

We hope you’ll join us in supporting Flip the Vote’s grassroots voter engagement organizations.

If you are unable to attend, please consider donating alongside the rest of us to Flip the Vote’s important work by clicking HERE.

With excitement for our collective impact,
Megan and Kristin

Our Noon Zoom Panel, VOTING & TRUST IN 2024, is set for Tuesday, August 27, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Don’t miss this awesome panel:

• James Naftel, Probate Judge, Jefferson County, election oversight
• Jackie Anderson Smith, Circuit Clerk, Jefferson County, absentee voting
• Scottie Y. McClaney, President, League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham
• Dorthea Crosby, President, Metro Birmingham NAACP, voting rights
• Nicole Watkins, Senior Voting Rights Advocate & Outreach Coordinator, AL Disabilities Advocacy Program at UA, improving accessibility of elections
• Dori Miles, Greater Birmingham Ministries, voting rights restoration

Please register here for this Zoom.

Join us for our monthly postcarding on Wednesday, August 14th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. (please note slight time shift) at Hi Wire Brewing (2901 4th Ave S, BHM). We will continue our campaign to help the League of Women Voters and the NAACP send postcards to voters in the newly redistricted Alabama CD2. Postcard packets will be available afterwards to do at home. Thank you for your amazing advocacy!