I’m regularly asked, “Are you optimistic or pessimistic about Birmingham?
I always respond, ‘optimistic.’
The reason I’m optimistic is because we have a unique advantage.
Birmingham’s bright young future
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What’s this black woman doing in the Junior League of Birmingham?
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a more prosperous Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Alexis Barton. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
I know you’ve seen it:
The Help. That movie another Southern girl (Kathryn Stockett) wrote, that shook up the publishing world and shone a light on a group of women’s audacity to use the written word to create change. Continue reading What’s this black woman doing in the Junior League of Birmingham?
Birmingham rape survivor speaks up
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Alexis Barton. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
On November 9, 2003, I was raped by an acquaintance in my car behind a Birmingham high school.
This ugly incident challenged everything I assumed or thought I knew about who gets sexually assaulted and why. Continue reading Birmingham rape survivor speaks up