At the Movies!
March 22, 2007
Out of the movement to write a new constitution for Alabama, a new movie has just been released. Entitled It’s a Thick Book, this movie will have an impact on our efforts to bring the kind of change necessary to have a fundamental impact on moving Alabama citizens out of poverty.
I’ve seen the movie twice. It’s educational, but listen, it’s entertaining too. I’m not kidding – laugh out loud funny in several places.
You need to see it! Here’s a list of upcoming showings. Take your friends when it’s in your part of the state:
- In Livingston, Thursday, March 29 at 6:00pm at the Western Inn (410 AL Hwy 28). Contact: Erica ericahenry@aol.com.
- In Birmingham, Thursday, March 29 at 6:00pm at the Homewood Public Library. Contact: Nancy Nanekberg@aol.com.
- In Eutaw, Friday, March 30th at 6:00pm Greater Christ Temple Apostolic Church (312 Hyde Park Avenue). Contact: Erica ericahenry@aol.com.
- In Mobile, Saturday, March 31st at 7:00pm in the Student Center Ballroom at the University of South Alabama. Contact: Allison allisonmonk@gmail.com.
- In Selma, Thursday, April 5th at 6:00pm at the Slavery and Civil War Museum (1410 Water Avenue). Contact Erica ericahenry@aol.com.
- In Dothan, Monday, April 9th at 2:30pm and 6:30pm at Troy State-Dothan in the Library Technology Building, Sony Hall. Contact: Robbin rglaser@troy.edu.
- In Birmingham, Monday, April 23rd at 6:00pm at the Virginia Samford Theater. Contact: Amy Amy@constitutionALreform.org.
- In Birmingham, Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:00pm at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in the Community Meeting Room. Contact: Laura landerson@bcri.org.
The movie is also available free – on DVD – from Alabama Citizens for Constitution Reform. Here’s where you can learn more.
Constitution Reform Bills in the House! (And the Senate)
While at the ACCR site, check out information about new bills that have been introduced, to give the people of Alabama a chance to vote on having a constitutional convention. You can read the bills there.
But contact your legislators to tell them you support these bills. Ask them to support them too! You can find your legislator at this link. Just fill in your zip code and go.
The Legislators’ Raise
I’m of the mind that legislators should be well paid. But I wonder about the amount of the raise Alabama’s legislators voted for themselves. One in the group who voted against it, Patricia Todd, wrote in her own blog, “I could not vote in favor of this pay raise when so many residents of House District 54 live in poverty.”
Good point.
Representative Todd has drafted legislation that would raise the minimum wage in Alabama. She also intends to propose a Poverty Task Force and an Affordable Housing Task Force. I applaud these ideas and hope the best for these initiatives. Read her blog here.
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