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Yellowhammer Fund On NPR With Unemployment Help
When the state of Alabama opened up Unemployment Assistance, the need was so overwhelming that recipients were forced to stay in lines overnight in order to get services. Our own Mia Raven talks to NPR about the crisis, and what Yellowhammer Fund provided to the...
Yellowhammer Fund’s Amanda Reyes Answers 5 Questions at Daily Kos
When the state of Alabama passed its total abortion ban in 2019, Daily Kos was one of the many outlets covering the action, and their fundraiser one of the many to help Yellowhammer Fund become the Deep South resource organization it is today. That's why our executive...
Celebrating Our Partner TKO in the Selma Times-Journal!
We love giving shout-out's to our partner orgs, so be sure to go read more about the amazing work The Knights and Orchids Society is doing in Selma providing supplies to those in need. Yellowhammer Fund is happy to be able to support this work financially thanks to...
Yellowhammer Fund at Prism
Very excited to have Yellowhammer Fund's Amanda Reyes quoted in this fantastic article about reproductive justice groups in the South. “We focus on what we can control. We can use our collective resources and networks to make sure people in our community get the care...
Yellowhammer Fund in The Progressive
Many thanks to The Progressive for showcasing the work The Yellowhammer Fund is putting into making Alabama more equitable for all, through our fund and through our recent purchase of West Alabama Women's Center. We can't wait to add more services and truly become the...
Black Lives Matter Everywhere – Including Tuscaloosa
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police department, rallies and protests spread across the nation as people demand justice and the end of racist violence at the hands of cops. In Tuscaloosa, hundreds of marchers rallied in the Government...
“Seriously? America!” Podcast Episode Features Yellowhammer Fund Health Services Programs Manager
Yellowhammer Fund's Candace E.C. O'Brien talks to the "Seriously? America!" podcast hosts about the dangers of crisis pregnancy centers and how their manipulative practices are especially harmful to pregnant people in the South. Download the episode here!
Yellowhammer Fund’s Mia Raven in USA Today
This weekend, Yellowhammer Fund Policy Director Mia Raven was one of the sources for USA Today's article on how COVID-19 is complicating abortion access in the South. “We have had people coming over here from Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, overloading...
Yellowhammer Fund Clinic Acquisition In the Press
Yellowhammer Fund's announcement that it acquired the West Alabama Women's Center made headlines across the nation this weekend, with local and national press reporting on our newest project. Mother Jones reporter Becca Andrews broke the story Friday morning, calling...
It’s True! We Bought A Clinic!
It's been 365 days since Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama's total abortion ban into law, making abortion completely illegal in the state and with absolutely no exceptions. Ironically, that ban never actually stopped any abortions - in fact, in many ways it...