Alabama
Meet the Ascend community partners in Alabama
Name | Cohort | City | State | Organization | URL | group_hfilter | |
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![]() | John Hudson III | 2015 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows | Birmingham | Alabama | Entergy | www.entergy.com/ | 2015-ascend-fellows ascend-fellows |
![]() | Melanie Bridgeforth | 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows | Birmingham | Alabama | Women’s Foundation of Alabama | wfalabama.org/ | 2021-ascend-fellows ascend-fellows |
![]() | Myla Calhoun | 2018 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows | Birmingham | Alabama | Alabama Power Company | www.alabamapower.com/ | 2018-ascend-fellows ascend-fellows |
![]() | Stillman College | Black and Native Family Futures Fund | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | stillman.edu/ | black-and-native-family-futures-fund psp-community | |
![]() | Women’s Foundation of Alabama | Ascend Network | Birmingham | Alabama | The Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham | wfalabama.org/ | ascend-network |
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