Posted by William Nunnelley on 2007-09-25

The Alabama Poverty Project will host a series of programs around Alabama in November to provide the state's faith communities with information and resources about poverty. Dr. Wayne Flynt, professor emeritus at Auburn University and an expert on poverty in the state, will be the featured speaker.

The program will begin with two meetings at Samford University on Thursday, Nov. 15. Samford's Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence is sponsoring the series in partnership with The Paul A. Duffey Institute for Church Leadership at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala.

The first Samford meeting, for Christian church leadership, will begin at 11 a.m. followed by lunch for those registered. The second Samford meeting, for an interfaith audience, will begin at 3:30 p.m. The programs will be in the Samford in Mission Forum and its adjacent auditorium, Room 134, of Brooks Hall, with registration 30 minutes prior to each session.

The schedule of other meetings in different locations will be announced later.

Nick Foster, executive director of the Alabama Poverty Project, stressed that the organization wants to provide faith leaders the kind of resources that will enable them to "lead their congregations to be effective in alleviating poverty."

To register in advance, send an email to info@alabamapoverty.org or call 205 939-1408. For more information, call Foster at the same number or email director@alabamapoverty.org.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.