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ALABAMA APPLESEED<br />

<strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong> called on the legal profession at the State Bar’s annual meeting to lead the advocacy for a new <strong>Alabama</strong> constitution. State Bar<br />

President Mark White, in opening <strong>Appleseed</strong>’s panel presentation on constitutional reform in Point Clear on July 16, said there is no more important responsibility<br />

for lawyers today than to bring the constitutional foundation of the state into the 21 st century.<br />

Mr. White read the Lawyers Oath and asked if lawyers knew what they were supporting when they<br />

swore “to uphold the Constitution of the State of <strong>Alabama</strong>?” He quoted a number of provisions, including<br />

the absolute prohibition on the use of tax dollars for any building of roads, sewers or bridges –<br />

absent a constitutional amendment.<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Executive Director John Pickens said that a goal of <strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Constitutional Reform<br />

Project is to engage the state’s entire legal community in a “historic engagement” of advocacy leading<br />

to a new fundamental law.<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s project director for constitutional reform, Craig Baab, commended the State Bar for its<br />

continuing leadership in calling for a constitutional convention. Lawyers are best trained to cut through<br />

all of the constitution’s verbiage to help educate the public about our constitution’s lack of transparency,<br />

clarity, accountability and basic democracy.<br />

Prof. Bryan Fair, who moderated the panel of experts, said that our 18 th century constitution, now over 800 pages and some 830 amendments long, was<br />

written to consolidate power in a few wealthy hands at the expense of most Alabamians He circulated to the audience pocket –size copies of the U.S.<br />

Constitution and the telephone-book size <strong>Alabama</strong> Constitution.<br />

Fair, an African-American, said that not only was the 1901 constitution drafted to disenfranchise<br />

people who looked like him, but that there were no black delegates, and no black person was<br />

even allowed to speak.<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong> Board member Lisa Borden stressed the constitution’s language explicitly denying<br />

“any right to education” while protecting the “right to hunt and fish.” The issue too often is discussed<br />

in the context of raising taxes, instead of removing the current inequitable structure<br />

which ties the hands of school administrators and teachers. Thus, Perry County can only allocate<br />

$730 per student, but Homewood can allocate $8,300.<br />

Robert Huffaker, a former member of the <strong>Alabama</strong> Citizens’ Commission for Constitutional<br />

Professor Bryan Fair Introducing Panel<br />

Reform, stressed the need for home rule. “Local folks ought to decide” how to run their own lives,<br />

schools, businesses and government. He said that over 500 constitutional amendments deal with purely local matters, such as disposing of dead farm<br />

animals in Limestone County. If citizens could run their own local affairs the legislature would be freed to do a better job of managing state affairs.<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Craig Baab<br />

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State Bar President Mark White.<br />

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A Historic Engagement for <strong>Alabama</strong>’s Lawyers<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong> Challenges Bar to Lead Effort for a Real Constitution<br />

Jim Williams, the head of the Public Affairs Research Council of <strong>Alabama</strong>, told the overflow crowd of<br />

150 that the constitution’s complete lack of uniform standards makes it difficult to fairly govern all Alabamians.<br />

He said there some 35,000 local laws adopted by the legislature but those laws are not<br />

readily available to all citizens.<br />

The strongest statement of the need for a better constitution was Prof. Fair’s, who said that his compelling<br />

interest in working for reform is to create a better community for his daughter and all of our<br />

children.<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong> is coordinating the pro bono services of lawyers throughout the state to work on constitutional<br />

reform. To join our advocacy team please immediately contact Craig Baab at<br />

craig.baab@alabamaappleseed.org or (334) 263-0086.


<strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong><br />

Board of Directors<br />

Cassandra W. Adams<br />

Cumberland Community Mediation Center<br />

Birmingham<br />

Lisa W. Borden<br />

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz,<br />

P.C.<br />

Birmingham<br />

Brannon J. Buck<br />

Badham & Buck, L.L.C.<br />

Birmingham<br />

Henry A. Callaway, III<br />

Hand Arendall, LLC<br />

Mobile<br />

Richard P. Carmody<br />

Adams & Reese, L.L.P.<br />

Birmingham<br />

David Davis<br />

DavisDenny Advertising, Inc.<br />

Birmingham<br />

A. Jerome Dees<br />

Jones School of Law<br />

Montgomery<br />

Patricia C. Diak<br />

Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Rediker, LLC<br />

Birmingham<br />

Bryan K. Fair<br />

University of <strong>Alabama</strong> School of Law<br />

Tuscaloosa<br />

Samuel H. Franklin<br />

Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.<br />

Birmingham<br />

A.H. “Nick” Gaede, Jr.<br />

Vice-President & General Counsel BE&K. Inc.<br />

Birmingham<br />

Kesa M. Johnston<br />

Oliver Kitchens, P.C.<br />

Roanoke<br />

Joe Alan Joseph<br />

Burr & Forman L.L.P.<br />

Birmingham<br />

Mark LaGory<br />

University of <strong>Alabama</strong> at Birmingham<br />

Birmingham<br />

Kimberly B. Martin<br />

Bradley Arant Rose & White, L.L.C.<br />

Huntsville<br />

Derrick A. Mills<br />

Marsh Rickard & Bryan, P.C.<br />

Birmingham<br />

Stephen C. Olen<br />

Cunningham, Bounds, Crowder, Brown &<br />

Breedlove<br />

Mobile<br />

Jerry F. Perkins, Jr.<br />

Vulcan Materials Company<br />

Birmingham<br />

Robert D. Segall<br />

Copeland Franco Screws & Gill, P.A.<br />

Montgomery<br />

Roman A. Shaul<br />

Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles P.C.<br />

Montgomery<br />

David L. Silverstein, Board Chair<br />

Bayer Properties, L.L.C.<br />

Birmingham<br />

www.alabamaappleseed.org<br />

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COLUMN<br />

Taking Myself Too Seriously<br />

On more than one occasion I have been accused of being too serious – taking myself<br />

too seriously – being a bit stern looking – or on occasion being unapproachable.<br />

Hogwash!! People just don’t know me. So, even though we of <strong>Appleseed</strong> were engaged<br />

in some very serious activities at the recent State Bar meeting at Point Clear John Pickens<br />

(as the front page article of this newsletter shows), I had occasion to lighten up some<br />

in the two days that I manned our promotional table. I thought you might get a kick out of seeing this whimsical<br />

side of me.<br />

For two days I viewed from afar the caricature artist, Deano, sketch kid after kid and adult after adult at his<br />

corner of the promotional vendor area. He was doing these sketches free, courtesy of the State Bar. I noticed<br />

everyone having a great time seeing for the first time their own caricature. So, when I saw there was<br />

a lull in his business, I stepped over and asked him if he would draw my caricature. He readily obliged and<br />

asked me if I had any hobbies or activities that I particularly liked. I told him I was<br />

with <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong> and asked him if he could sketch something with an apple<br />

theme. Well, his artistic imagination fired up. I don’t know where he came up with<br />

the curious-looking worm in the apple – perhaps it represents the unexpected surprise<br />

that comes with almost each advocacy project we undertake. The bag of <strong>Appleseed</strong>s<br />

– oh, yes, the seeds of justice that we sow!<br />

Laughing heartily from my caricature likely put me in a whimsical mood as I sat at<br />

our promotional booth and told people about <strong>Appleseed</strong> as they came by. During<br />

this time I had noticed that the Bar had also arranged to have the Geico Gecko<br />

roam around the conference area, cutting up with everyone and everyone making a big fuss over him/her.<br />

My main response to the Gecko was to stroll over twice to the Geico booth to try and get for my grandchildren<br />

a couple of stuffed animal Geico Geckos that I had seen all the kids with. But, I was too late and they<br />

were out. But, then late in the day when the Geico Gecko was strolling by our booth, I unexpectedly<br />

jumped up and asked for a picture – a perfect photo opp for Mr. <strong>Appleseed</strong> with the Gecko. So, here it is,<br />

but please, like some have said, don’t tell me there is some resemblance between the Gecko and me.<br />

Enough of sublime silliness and back to<br />

seriousness. As you can see from reading<br />

the articles in this newsletter, we at <strong>Appleseed</strong><br />

are about some serious business<br />

– from advocating for a new state constitution<br />

- to trying to eliminate payday lending<br />

– to working hard to support comprehensive<br />

health care and immigration reform<br />

– to helping low-wealth, rural Alabamians<br />

unravel generations of heirs to<br />

get clear title to their real property. These<br />

are important matters that are detrimentally<br />

and unfairly affecting many Alabamians who lack privileges many of us enjoy, often go unrepresented<br />

when things go wrong, and not infrequently have little or no voice to effectuate positive change. So, as the<br />

summer draws to a close, we at <strong>Appleseed</strong> are back to sowing seeds of justice in order to make <strong>Alabama</strong><br />

a better place for all to live and work, and, yes, at times to play.<br />

Founders Advisory Board:<br />

Gov. Albert P. Brewer (Ret.) - Birmingham<br />

John L. Carroll - Birmingham<br />

Gregory S. Cusimano - Gadsden<br />

J. Mason Davis - Birmingham<br />

Judge John H. England - Tuscaloosa<br />

Dudly C. Reynolds - Birmingham<br />

Justice Janie L. Shores (Ret.) - Montrose<br />

Chief Justice C.C. Torbert (Ret.) - Opelika<br />

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ALABAMA APPLESEED BRIEFS<br />

Our work this year has focused on documenting the plight of consumers in <strong>Alabama</strong> trapped by payday loan debt, recording abuses of the payday<br />

lending industry, and researching viable alternatives to payday loans – specifically, as shown by the FDIC pilot, products and services that traditional<br />

lending institutions may develop and market as part of their CRA activities.<br />

Most any alternative to payday lending is preferable than these 400% interest short-term loans that trap customers in a cycle of high-cost debt.<br />

The need for resources in low-wealth communities is very real. Hardworking and self-respecting people should not have to do without, plead for<br />

help from their families, churches or charities, or turn to desperate<br />

means of making ends meet. But rather than eliminate or<br />

even alleviate these needs, payday lending only heightens<br />

them, making desperate people more desperate. We support<br />

policies that help create safe affordable resources for people<br />

living paycheck to paycheck. A 36% annual interest rate cap<br />

forces lenders to offer products that are more affordable, or give borrowers a reasonable amount of time to pay them off. The cap is the only policy<br />

solution that has stopped predatory payday lending in 15 states plus DC, and prevented payday lenders from targeting military families.<br />

This fall, on September 24th , <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong> has developed and will host a High Cost Credit Summit in Montgomery, which will feature renowned<br />

reform experts from the Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Responsible Lending, as well as state advocates from various<br />

states who have developed successful reform campaigns in their states, and representatives from myriad social and legal networks who support<br />

reform. The summit’s target audience includes key law and policy makers from <strong>Alabama</strong> who will be instrumental in obtaining necessary reform<br />

measures to protect <strong>Alabama</strong> consumers. We are thankful to our friends at <strong>Alabama</strong> Arise, AARP/<strong>Alabama</strong> and the <strong>Alabama</strong> Poverty Project for<br />

their contributions in planning and marketing this event.<br />

SAVE THE DATE<br />

SEPTEMBER 24TH<br />

High Cost Credit Summit<br />

<strong>Alabama</strong> Department of Archives and History<br />

624 Washington Ave., Montgomery<br />

Registration begins at 8:30<br />

Program: 9:00 – 4:00<br />

ATTENDANCE IS FREE<br />

Featured speakers include:<br />

Jean Ann Fox, Consumer Federation of America<br />

Uriah King, Center for Responsible Lending<br />

Hank Klein, AARP/Arkansas volunteer<br />

Sue Berkowitz, S.C. <strong>Appleseed</strong> Legal Justice Ctr.<br />

Rep. Patricia Todd, <strong>Alabama</strong> Legislature, Dist. 54<br />

John Olsen, FDIC<br />

Michael Milner, Federal Reserve<br />

Coming this Fall: High Cost Credit Summit<br />

In July, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research<br />

and policy organization in Durham, NC, released a report entitled “Phantom Demand”.<br />

This unprecedented report shows that the high demand that the payday lending<br />

industry claims for their short-term 400%+ APR loans is not real; but, rather, a<br />

sizeable majority of payday lending volume is generated by payday debt itself – borrowers<br />

needing to open a new loan shortly after repaying a previous loan because<br />

repayment left them with inadequate funds for other needs. In short, the industry’s<br />

requirement of full repayment of the loan plus a sizable fee typically in two weeks<br />

time, virtually guarantees that the customer will have another shortfall before their<br />

next payday and have to come right back to re-borrow; thus explaining the $27 billion<br />

dollar annual loan volume. Not bad for an industry that began in the 1990’s!<br />

“Phantom Demand” documents for the first time the extent of rapid re-borrowing of<br />

payday loans. A full three quarters of loan volume of the payday lending industry is<br />

generated by borrowers who, after meeting the short-term due date of the loan, must<br />

re-borrow before their next pay period. While repeat borrowing of what is marketed<br />

as a short-term, small dollar loan has long been documented, this report verifies for<br />

the first time how quickly most payday lending customers must turn around and reborrow<br />

after paying off their previous loan. Among the over 80 percent of payday borrowers<br />

who conduct multiple transactions: half open new loans at their first opportunity<br />

(immediately or after a 24-hour or more waiting period in states where one is re-<br />

quired); 87% within two weeks (generally before their next payday); and only 6 percent of repeat payday loans are taken out 30 days or more since<br />

the previous loan was paid off.<br />

Finally, there is documentation that refutes the industries claims that their products are simply “emergency loans” designed to get a borrower<br />

through a troubled time - an unexpected expense - and back on their feet again. This report shows that most payday borrowers are not able to<br />

clear a monthly billing cycle without borrowing again. This “churning” accounts for 76 percent of total loan volume, and for $20 billion of the industry's<br />

$27 billion in annual loan originations. The 59 million churned loans per year by the national payday lending industry cost borrowers $3.5 billion<br />

in fees.<br />

To read this report in its entirety, please visit our website.<br />

Payday Loan Demand: Real or “Phantom?”<br />

www.alabamaappleseed.org<br />

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Health Insurance Coverage Project Provides<br />

Voice for Uninsured Alabamians<br />

Our Health Insurance Coverage Project is on the move, and over the past few months we have<br />

worked to advocate around the state and in Washington, D.C. for comprehensive healthcare reform.<br />

Initially, this project’s sole focus was on state-level efforts to expand health insurance coverage to the<br />

thousands of uninsured Alabamians. However, as healthcare reform has become a top national priority<br />

for the Obama Administration and Congress, as well as the most likely way to increase coverage<br />

for Alabamians, we have transformed our state-level program into an initiative to promote the passage<br />

of national healthcare reform. Because of the complexity of the national reform discussion, we have<br />

sought to help inform Alabamians through hosting public events on health reform and through publications<br />

and interviews with news media. We have also maintained contact with <strong>Alabama</strong>’s delegation in<br />

Congress, urging them to support comprehensive reform that will bring quality and affordable health<br />

care to all Alabamians. Our core message on healthcare reform has been that “A healthy <strong>Alabama</strong> is<br />

a prosperous <strong>Alabama</strong>.”<br />

In early April, along with <strong>Alabama</strong> Arise, we hosted a rally at the <strong>Alabama</strong> State House as a part of<br />

Atlanta attorney and health advocate Kathie McClure’s nationwide Purple Bus Tour supporting healthcare<br />

reform (www.votehealthcare.org). In May, we worked to promote and participated in a healthcare summit in Dothan held by Congressman Bobby<br />

Bright of <strong>Alabama</strong>’s 2 nd District. The well-attended summit featured speakers representing a wide range of interests in the healthcare debate including<br />

government, non-profit and private enterprise. On July 2 nd , again with <strong>Alabama</strong> Arise, we planned and hosted a healthcare town hall meeting with 5 th<br />

District Congressman Parker Griffith at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville. In true town hall form, the meeting was a spirited and engaging<br />

event attended by more than 200 people eager to ask questions of and express their concerns to Congressman Griffith. Origionally scheduled for an<br />

hour, the neeting actually stretched to nearly two and a half hours as Griffith and his constituents<br />

continued their reform conversations face-to-face well after the formal presentation<br />

ended. Also in July, we attended and participated in a healthcare forum hosted and moderated<br />

by 7 th District Congressman Artur Davis at the Alys Stephens Center in Birmingham. At<br />

this forum, attended by over 400 people, a diverse panel of <strong>Alabama</strong> experts from the healthcare<br />

sector, large and small business interests and nonprofit and consumer advocacy agencies<br />

fielded questions from the Congressman and the audience. Much of the evening’s discussion<br />

focused on some of the more difficult and controversial aspects of proposed health<br />

reform legislation such as financing health reform and the inclusion of a “public option” to<br />

compete with private insurance companies. Each of these events was a success because<br />

each engaged Alabamians in the healthcare reform conversation and demonstrated participants’<br />

genuine interest in and general support for meaningful change.<br />

Throughout the summer, we have also provided radio interviews, emailed weekly updates and<br />

published Op-Ed articles in papers around the state, helping to de-mystify health reform and<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s John Pickens at Statehouse Rally<br />

keep Alabamians informed about the effort’s progress.<br />

All of these events and activities have provided our health coverage initiative with unique and important<br />

opportunities to represent Alabamians and advocate for meaningful healthcare reform. As the reform<br />

debate becomes more focused in the coming weeks, we look forward to continuing to serve as a voice for<br />

<strong>Alabama</strong>’s uninsured.<br />

What You Can Do to Help Promote Healthcare Reform<br />

Recently in Washington, D.C., we met individually with a number of <strong>Alabama</strong>’s Congressmen and their staffs.<br />

From these meetings we learned that our Representatives and Senators are hearing almost exclusively from<br />

constituents who oppose healthcare reform. It seems that many of these callers are not well-informed about<br />

the true reform proposals and are reacting to scare messaging alleging “socialized medicine” and<br />

“government rationing.” We do not believe that these voices are representative of Alabamian’s opinions on<br />

reform efforts. However, while at the Capitol, we were told many times by Congressmen and their staffs that<br />

it is critical in the coming weeks for them to hear from their constituents who support comprehensive healthcare<br />

reform. Please call your Congressmen today to voice your support. To find up-to-date contact information<br />

for <strong>Alabama</strong>’s Representatives and Senators in Congress, you may visit:<br />

http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm.<br />

www.alabamaappleseed.org<br />

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Immigration Policy Project on the Move<br />

We are pleased to announce that <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Immigration Policy project will continue thanks to a<br />

generous grant made by the Four Freedoms Fund. This grant will support Shay Farley, Legal Director and<br />

Zayne Smith, Immigration Policy Fellow, as we continue our advocacy efforts for the immigrant population of<br />

<strong>Alabama</strong> and work to support the national movement for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, expand our outreach<br />

and engage the Latino community throughout <strong>Alabama</strong>.<br />

This year has been a busy year for Congress with the onset of a new president and the promise of a new direction for America. We have seen a few examples<br />

of these promises in the form of Healthcare reform, clean energy and the nomination of our first Latina Supreme Court nominee. Perhaps one of the most controversial<br />

and daunting pieces of legislation slated for debate late this year (or early next year) is Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR). Sen. Charles<br />

Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Senate Immigration Subcommittee has announced that a comprehensive immigration bill will be presented to Congress by<br />

Labor Day of this year.<br />

In addition to a comprehensive bill, the White House has made multiple immigration related policy announcements in July. These include the launch of a revamped<br />

287(g) program to more accurately reflect new ICE policies; federal contractors and subcontracts are now required to use E-Verify; and they rescinded<br />

the ineffective No-Match rule requiring the Social Security Administration to notify employers that employees' social security numbers did not match. While this<br />

move by the White House is a step in the right direction, this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to immigration reform.<br />

In order for <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong> to become an active leader in the national debate here in <strong>Alabama</strong>, we have joined Reform Immigration For America, a national<br />

campaign consisting of hundreds of organizations and individuals from across the United States that support and advocate for immigrant rights. Shay<br />

attended the launch of this campaign at a conference in Washington, D.C. where 36 states were represented and over 700 people participated. She was able to<br />

meet with various <strong>Alabama</strong> Congressmen and their staffs, attend workshops and strategy sessions, and participated in a national town hall meeting that discussed<br />

immigration reform.<br />

Through our work and success of the “Welcoming <strong>Alabama</strong>” billboard campaign earlier this year, we were invited to join the Welcoming America Campaign.<br />

This is a nation wide movement designed to create a welcoming atmosphere for new immigrants in communities across America through the use of positive<br />

media campaigns, education of the non-immigrant communities, and the continued welcoming campaigns in various states. Recently, Shay attended a development<br />

and strategy session in Denver, CO. to lay the groundwork and direction of this campaign.<br />

Finally, due to our hard work and dedication to the immigrant community in <strong>Alabama</strong>, we were asked to help lead in building the capacity of immigrant groups<br />

throughout the South by serving as a member of the Steering Committee of the South East Immigrants Rights Network (SEIRN). SEIRN represents many<br />

groups and organizations that are primarily devoted to serving the immigrant population throughout the South East. While each organization maintains its own<br />

identity and governance, a common vision is shared. That vision is for organizations and the immigrant population which they serve to collaborate together to<br />

develop unified campaigns for change and strategies to shift the politics of the region in a positive direction.<br />

$30 Million in Heir Property Found in Calhoun County<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong> Attends Uniform Law Commission National<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s team of pro bono lawyers and law students have identified over 700 parcels of<br />

land in Calhoun County that appear to be heir property with a tax assessed value of over $30<br />

million. The team has similar studies underway in other counties to obtain a clearer picture of how much land in <strong>Alabama</strong> is heir property, and how the<br />

owners can better access the value of their land. The result could be helping lower-income Alabamians use the value of their property now tied up in<br />

legal knots.<br />

Heir property – land conveyed from one generation to the next without a valid will – often is owned by many family members who frequently do not live<br />

on the land and can’t afford to improve it. Similar work undertaken at Auburn University found that over $45 million of heir property in Macon County is<br />

overwhelmingly owned by families living at or below the poverty level. The ability of those families to access the locked up wealth in their land could<br />

help improve their economic lives.<br />

Pro bono counsel leading this effort are Gray Borden of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, and Mel McElroy of Maynard Cooper & Gale. Law student interns<br />

Laura Cade, Jackie Dulock and Dan Bruno worked directly with the Calhoun County revenue Commissioner in gathering and evaluating the data upon<br />

which these results are based.<br />

Craig Baab, <strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Heir Property Project Director, attended the July 13 plenary session of the Uniform Law Commission in Santa Fe, NM. The<br />

commission undertook the first full review of a draft model state law that would help lower-wealth families retain their heir property and protect it from<br />

abusive takings. The committee that prepared the draft is chaired by one of <strong>Alabama</strong>’s commissioners, Bob McCurley, head of the <strong>Alabama</strong> Law Institute.<br />

Baab is an Official Observer to the work of the committee, and will advocate adoption of the resulting model law throughout the country.<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Heir Property Project is funded by the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation and the Kellogg Foundation.<br />

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John Pickens, Odessa Woolfolk, Bill Smith<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Nick Gaede Commemorating 10th Anniversary<br />

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2009 BREWER~TORBERT AWARD LUNCHEON<br />

Honoree<br />

Ms. Odessa Woolfolk<br />

10th Anniversary Celebration of <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong><br />

Odessa Woolfolk Addresses Luncheon Gathering<br />

<strong>Appleseed</strong> Chair David Silverstein Addressing Luncheon Gathering<br />

Cathy Crenshaw, Odessa Woolfolk, Marsha Folsom<br />

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April 30 th LUNCHEON SPONSORS<br />

<strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong>’s Board of Directors wishes to extend our sincerest thanks to the following sponsors of this luncheon honoring<br />

Odessa Woolfolk. In support of <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>Appleseed</strong>, the event sponsors have pledged and donated $102,720. We are most<br />

grateful for this support and for this expression of gratitude to Odessa Woolfolk for her untiring commitment to public service.<br />

Platinum Sponsors - $10,000<br />

Harbert Management Corporation Vulcan Materials Company<br />

Cathy Crenshaw<br />

Royal Cup Coffee<br />

Silver Sponsors - $5,000<br />

Bronze Sponsors - $2,500<br />

Southern Poverty Law Center<br />

White Arnold & Dowd<br />

AT&T/<strong>Alabama</strong> Baker Donelson Bradley Arant Boult Cummings<br />

<strong>Alabama</strong> Power Foundation<br />

Bainbridge Mims Rogers & Smith<br />

Bayer Properties<br />

BBVA Compass<br />

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute<br />

Brasfield & Gorrie<br />

Gov. Albert P. Brewer<br />

Cowin Equipment Company<br />

Cumberland School of Law<br />

Energen/<strong>Alabama</strong> Gas Corporation<br />

H. Brandt Ayers<br />

Marian & Craig Baab<br />

Birmingham News<br />

Birmingham-Southern College<br />

Lisa Borden<br />

Delores Boyd<br />

Brannon Buck<br />

W. J. Cabaniss<br />

Henry Callaway<br />

Clarus Consulting Group<br />

Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb<br />

Bob Corley<br />

Greg Cusimano<br />

Davenport, Lavette & Cleckler<br />

David Davis<br />

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Shay Farley<br />

Marsha Folsom<br />

Frohsin & Barger<br />

Edgar C. Gentle, III<br />

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Mr. & Mrs. Mike Goodrich<br />

Hand Arendall<br />

Hare Wynn Newell & Newton<br />

Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker<br />

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Jemison Investment Co., Inc.<br />

Joe Joseph<br />

Magic City Bar Association<br />

McWane Foundation<br />

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Ethel Hall<br />

Majella Hamilton<br />

Victor Hanson, III<br />

Anna Holmes<br />

Nicholas Holmes, Jr.<br />

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Jones & Berry<br />

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W. Joseph Leuschke<br />

Kim Martin<br />

Rodney Max<br />

Mayer Electric Supply Co.<br />

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Hugh J. Morgan, Jr.<br />

Morris Haynes & Hornsby<br />

Mobile County<br />

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Thompson Foundation<br />

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UA School of Law<br />

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Wayne Morse, Jr.<br />

Robert E. Parsons<br />

Jerry Perkins, Jr.<br />

Donna & John Pickens<br />

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Janie L. Shores<br />

Bobbie & Don Siegal<br />

Herb Sklenar<br />

Janice Smart<br />

Carol Ann Smith, PC<br />

Alyce Spruell<br />

Belle Stoddard<br />

Stone Granade & Crosby<br />

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