1600 1st Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
(205) 521-9933
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) documents the struggle of African American citizens in Birmingham to become full participants in the city's government and business community. Because this struggle was a social movement that caught the attention of the world, Birmingham is an appropriate place for an institution that serves the world as a center for study and reflection.
Our House provides a supportive home away from home for families and their children who are receiving medical treatment at Children’s of Alabama, UAB, or other area hospitals. We provide guest families with all the comforts of home – plus a local support network – so they can focus on their children’s healing. Without our House, families might have to sleep in the hospital lobby, a child’s hospital room or even in their cars, as most families cannot afford a hotel for weeks or months – especially under the financial stress of mounting medical bills.
The 18th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, a celebration of new independent cinema in downtown Birmingham, is set to take place August 26-28, 2016. Since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across the country and around the world have come to Birmingham to screen their work at Sidewalk and have been thrilled to discover fresh, enthusiastic crowds eager to devour new independent cinema. With eight venues located within Birmingham’s historic Theatre District (featuring the newly restored Alabama Theatre, a 2,200 seat movie palace built by Paramount in 1927), spontaneity rules the schedule of Sidewalk attendees. Low-priced weekend passes provide easy access to Sidewalk venues, encouraging attendees to seek out new films and sample programming they may not otherwise see. The result is a crowd rich in diversity and united in a hunger for new film.
The curtain first rose on Summerfest in 1979, when James Hatcher of the University of Alabama in Birmingham Theatre Department and Birmingham’s Mayor David Vann realized the need for a summer “stock” company. Summerfest was originally created to provide productions as part of the UAB Town and Gown Theatre’s academic year but over its 30 year history, has grown to become one of the only year-round professional musical theatre organizations in Alabama. With its own unique Cabaret Theatre located right in the heart of downtown Birmingham’s Theatre District and summer Mainstage productions performed at the Virginia Samford Theatre (formerly Town and Gown), Summerfest Musical Theatre brings both well-known national performers and incredible local talent to the Birmingham stage. In 2007, Summerfest Musical Theatre officially became Red Mountain Theatre Company and continues the organization’s original mission to offer professional quality productions, Youth Programs and Education and Outreach opportunities to our local and national arts communities.
Innovation Depot is a business incubation facility and program that focuses on the development of emerging biotechnology/life science, information technology and service businesses, operating in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. With over 140,000 square feet, we cover two city blocks and are located in the heart of Birmingham's Entrepreneurial District.
Our Bike shop offers the Alternative Financial solution to obtaining and maintaining a bicycle. We supply the sale of used and rebuilt bikes at affordable costs, we tune and repair at sliding scales. As well, to those in need, we offer work/trade based earn-a-bike program, and a build-a-bike program. Our shop is also a hub for encouraging cycling all together, as well, a place for riders to meet and community to develop. We seek to be a positive impact to our community and to all who cross our path, having a redemptive quality in their lives.
Who is Junia? We don’t know much about her. Paul mentions her only once, in the 16th chapter of Romans: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.” (Romans 16:7) Yet in the 1500’s, some translators didn’t believe that a woman could possibly be an apostle. So they gave her a man’s name: Junias, a name that nobody had ever used. When that didn’t work, later translators translated “prominent among” the apostles as “well-known to” the apostles. She was almost deleted from the Bible by people’s prejudice. The idea that Jesus would appoint a woman to tell others the gospel was just too much to take. So Junia is everyone who has ever been told that they are the wrong gender, the wrong ethnicity, the wrong sexual orientation, the wrong kind to be used for God’s glory. Junia is a sign that God shows no partiality, and that all of us are called and sent to witness to the grace of God in Jesus Christ. Why Saint Junia? Like her, we are saints – not because of anything we’ve done, but because of what God has done in Jesus Christ. When God stepped down to earth and put on human flesh, we were made holy. When Jesus said he was present in the least among us, we were made holy. When he took on the kingdom of death not with violence, but with open arms of forgiveness on the cross, we were made holy. And when he stepped out of the grave and declared that even death itself could not separate us from the love of God, we were made holy.
The International Center (TIC) operates as a liaison organization to international businesses and cultural interests. We cultivate the leadership needed in successful international relations by delivering high-quality in-school multicultural programs to Alabama’s youth. In addition, we bring corporations together through experience and understanding so that more energy can be devoted to fair trade and commerce opportunities. We demonstrate a spirit of understanding and tolerance for all cultures – in an increasingly-shrinking world.
Join the American Diabetes Association in the fight to Stop Diabetes by registering for the 2016 Tour de Cure + Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes, which takes place August 20th at Railroad Park We will Step Out rain or shine so please join us! Register at www.diabetes.org/birmingham
Catch a Fish, Catch a Memory is an initiative to both introduce new anglers to the sport of fishing as well as provide an educational component to share with young anglers.
Innovation Depot is a business incubation facility and program that focuses on the development of emerging biotechnology/life science, information technology and service businesses, operating in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. With over 140,000 square feet, we cover two city blocks and are located in the heart of Birmingham's Entrepreneurial District.
The Central Alabama Women's Business Center provides a woman with the tools, knowledge, and resources needed to start and grow her business. We inspire and empower women entrepreneurs.
Traveling Ministry hosting motivational seminars, class room lectures and church services focusing on youth and men. Teaching conflict resolution anger management critical thinking skills
Our Bike shop offers the Alternative Financial solution to obtaining and maintaining a bicycle. We supply the sale of used and rebuilt bikes at affordable costs, we tune and repair at sliding scales. As well, to those in need, we offer work/trade based earn-a-bike program, and a build-a-bike program. Our shop is also a hub for encouraging cycling all together, as well, a place for riders to meet and community to develop. We seek to be a positive impact to our community and to all who cross our path, having a redemptive quality in their lives.
The A+ Education Partnership was founded in 1991 as a non-profit organization to unite business, civic, parent, government and education leaders around one common goal: improving student achievement. In 2008, at the request of Governor Riley and the State Superintendent, A+ established a new operating division dedicated to improving student achievement in math, science and English. The division, entitled A+ College Ready, was the recipient of a $13.2 million grant from the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) to establish the Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program (APTIP) a proven program that provides students and teachers with the tools, resources and support needed to achieve academic excellence.
The 18th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, a celebration of new independent cinema in downtown Birmingham, is set to take place August 26-28, 2016. Since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across the country and around the world have come to Birmingham to screen their work at Sidewalk and have been thrilled to discover fresh, enthusiastic crowds eager to devour new independent cinema. With eight venues located within Birmingham’s historic Theatre District (featuring the newly restored Alabama Theatre, a 2,200 seat movie palace built by Paramount in 1927), spontaneity rules the schedule of Sidewalk attendees. Low-priced weekend passes provide easy access to Sidewalk venues, encouraging attendees to seek out new films and sample programming they may not otherwise see. The result is a crowd rich in diversity and united in a hunger for new film.
Art, culture, and design enrich people's lives, enhance communities, give pleasure, and profide educational and emotional experiences. This intrinsic value combined with the significant economic contribution establishes a new context for funding the arts, culture, and design and justifies much greater public sector investment in creative enterprises and activities. To strengthen our economy and generate employment, Birmingham must bolster existing strengths, remove obstacles to success, and develop new and innovative opportunities.
Opened in 1914 for B.F. Keith’s Vaudeville circuit, the Lyric is one of few theatres still in existence that was designed to maximize the acoustics and close seating needed for vaudeville shows. The list of stars who performed at the Lyric includes the Marx Brothers, Mae West, Sophie Tucker, Will Rogers and Milton Berle. The Lyric attempted to adapt to the changing climate of show business and become a movie theatre, but eventually fell out of fashion. After decades of dormancy, this sleeping beauty is awakened once more following an $11 million restoration.
Who is Junia? We don’t know much about her. Paul mentions her only once, in the 16th chapter of Romans: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.” (Romans 16:7) Yet in the 1500’s, some translators didn’t believe that a woman could possibly be an apostle. So they gave her a man’s name: Junias, a name that nobody had ever used. When that didn’t work, later translators translated “prominent among” the apostles as “well-known to” the apostles. She was almost deleted from the Bible by people’s prejudice. The idea that Jesus would appoint a woman to tell others the gospel was just too much to take. So Junia is everyone who has ever been told that they are the wrong gender, the wrong ethnicity, the wrong sexual orientation, the wrong kind to be used for God’s glory. Junia is a sign that God shows no partiality, and that all of us are called and sent to witness to the grace of God in Jesus Christ. Why Saint Junia? Like her, we are saints – not because of anything we’ve done, but because of what God has done in Jesus Christ. When God stepped down to earth and put on human flesh, we were made holy. When Jesus said he was present in the least among us, we were made holy. When he took on the kingdom of death not with violence, but with open arms of forgiveness on the cross, we were made holy. And when he stepped out of the grave and declared that even death itself could not separate us from the love of God, we were made holy.