@at-the-root
A non-hierarchical collection of artists, activists, dreamers, healers, scholars, speakers, and more, all seeking a liberatory future. Based on the colonized lands of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Muscogee peoples.
Just in case:
ALTRAC helps you say your piece. We provide the tools for you to let your Representative and Senator know that Alabamians don’t need this bill, or anything like it. Start here: ALTRAC.works - we’ll help you call and write who you need to.
Oh, and join our email list for updates, too. ❤️
Remember HB 23 from a few weeks ago? The umpteenth attempt to expand "Don't Say Gay?" So do we.
There's now an identical bill filed in the Senate as SB331. This strategy is an attempt to try to fast-track the bill.
But we're not going to let them do that.
You know what to do: altrac.works?src=bsky
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Little Free Pantries & Cold Weather
Add:
- Pre-packaged meats in pouches
- Dry, boxed or bagged shelf-stable goods
- Instant coffee, hot cocoa, and tea.
- Nut butters in PLASTIC jars
- Hand & body warmers
- Hygiene, period, incontinence products
**No metal cans or glass jars!**
Finding it difficult to keep up with the mountain of prefiled bills that appear during Legislative Session? Don't worry, we got you! These are the bills we are keeping our eyes on this session.
Another year, another bad bill in Alabama. House Bill 23 has been proposed; if passed, it would extend “Don’t Say Gay” through the 12th grade. Sound familiar?
Let’s remind our representatives that Alabamians don’t want bills like this. We’ll help you make your voice heard: ALTRAC.works?source=bsky
A Taste of Palestine Enjoy Palestinian delicacies and learn about the No Appetite 4 Apartheid Campaign! Samplers of popular Palestinian foods will be served along with their recipes! Saturday, Jan. 31 | 2pm-5pm Huntsville Islamic Center Gymnasium | $5 Entry Fee
The Young Palestinians of Huntsville and @dsanorthalabama.bsky.social are launching a No Appetite for Apartheid (na4a.org) campaign with A Taste of Palestine, a cultural food event. Purchase tickets at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Let's Help Those In Need Unhoused Community Care Packages What we need: proteins w/pull tabs or easy-open packaging (tuna salad w/crackers, chili, soups), hand warmers, adult gloves and hats Drop off at Shenanigans Comedy Theatre Jan. 23rd snd 24th 4-7pm and Jan. 25th 10am-1pm In loving memory of Ashton
Shenanigans is taking donations of easy-open proteins, such as packages of tuna salad with crackers or soups in pull-tab cans; hand warmers; and adult hats, gloves, and scarves to create winter care kits. They also have an Amazon wish list at www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
"𝟯𝟬 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺"
beingliberal.substack.com/p/30-things-...
Follow our friends at @altrac.works to fight this bill!
Food Not Bombs: free vegan meal distribution every Friday, 5:30-7:30pm, inside The Hearth. Join us at 715 Arcadia Circle NW, Huntsville, AL 35801. Wheelchair access into the building!
linktr.ee/FNBHSV256
Chevron fuels imperialist aggression, from Venezuela to Palestine. Join the #BoycottChevron campaign now.
We will not cede our rights, our land, and our futures to fossil fuel executives.
Read more: loom.ly/pQ-Bdh0
An Alabama lawmaker is working on a bill that would make the Dolly Parton Imagination Library a permanent program in the state. https://ow.ly/O6gi50XNS5T
Things are not out of our control. Join us for hope-in-action as we, the people of the land we call North Alabama, band together and work toward a new future.
Root, Build, Liberate: A People's Movement Assembly Please RSVP at altrac.link/pma2026 The Studio for Music and Theatre Arts 3312 Governors Dr SW Huntsville, AL 35805 Saturday, 1/10/26, 11am-3pm
It's time for our second People's Movement Assembly! Learn more about PMAs at projectsouth.org/global-movem..., then register to attend ours at altrac.link/pma2026
ROOTED & RISING GIVING THAT GROWS US ALL Water us. Then watch us work. This giving season, we're asking you to plant seeds of solidarity. Every donation helps Black trans folks in Alabama thrive. Join us in funding Black trans liberation from the ground up. DONATE TODAY. TKOSOCIETY.ORG/DONATE
Looking for a Giving Tuesday recipient? May we suggest @tkoalabama.bsky.social, the preeminent Black TLGB+ advocacy org in Alabama?
www.tkosociety.org/donate
#TDoR #TransDayOfRemembrance
Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: The Alabama Public Library Service Board Thursday is expected to vote on whether to restore state aid for Fairhope Public Library, and another proposal to further restrict minors from library materials that positively depict transgender individuals.
A young Black man has been displaced by the carceral system and is now in need of funds to stay out of jail. Any amount, as well as sharing this campaign, helps.
The board meets TODAY. Can you help us reach 1000 signatures by 4pm?
The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library board meeting is this Tuesday, November 18, at 4pm at the North Huntsville Public Library. Even if you can't attend, please sign our petition calling on the board to refuse the APLS's transphobic rule changes: actionnetwork.org/petitions/hm...
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library has compiled an extensive guide to social services, ranging from food banks to utilities assistance to disability support and more, in Madison County: guides.hmcpl.org/socialservices.
Abridged transcript: This Halloween, be the village! If you're passing out candy this year, consider adding shelf-stable kid foods to your treat bucket! Ideas to include: ramen cups, microwave mac & cheese, protein bar, snack pudding packs, chips or pretzels, mini muffins.
Fall Festival: Hay Day Community, Candidates, Candy Corn Saturday, Oct. 25 2-5pm Butler Green Campus 805 2620 Clinton Ave Hosted by Indivisible 5th AL Games, candidate meet & greets, silent auction, costume contests, vendor market, and more
Rainbow Trouble 2nd Annual Pride Picnic Prideoween October 26 11am-4pm @ Ditto Landing
Big weekend coming up! First, come see us at @indivisible5al.bsky.social's Hay Day Festival this Saturday, Oct. 25, 2-5pm at Butler Green -- then at @rainbowtrouble.bsky.social's Prideoween Picnic this Sunday, Oct. 26, 11am-4pm at Ditto Landing 🦇🎃🍂
📢 Take action! 📢 As the House and Senate continue to work on 12 spending bills for fiscal year 2026 both chambers are planning to increase funding for ICE adding onto the $45 billion ICE just received in the reconciliation bill.
NO MORE money for Trump's cruel plans.
Act now: bit.ly/noicefunding
It's not too late to write in to the APLS board about their transphobic and unconstitution admin code changes, no matter where you are in the state; just write and sign a letter using Read Freely's online template by **12pm tomorrow, 10/14**, and they'll deliver your letter by the 4:30pm deadline.
Come see me at Gold Sprint TODAY to get your written comments to the APLS board on time!
CORRECTION: I'll be at Gold Sprint tomorrow, Sun. Oct 12, 11am-5pm!
Come see me at Lowe Mill on the patio between doors 14 and 15!
Nothing less than freedom, justice and self-determination!
Palestinian civil society reacts to the Trump-Netanyahu genocidal plan with 5 fundamental points.
Read more ⬇️ loom.ly/KStXm2A