“It is rough for anybody just getting out if they don’t have programs like [the job fair] that help them get back on their feet because everywhere I went [when I first got out], that was the problem. You got stuff on your record …”

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“It is rough for anybody just getting out if they don’t have programs like [the job fair] that help them get back on their feet because everywhere I went [when I first got out], that was the problem. You got stuff on your record …”

Edward Cargill, who served about five years in prison during a Second Chance Hiring Fair at the Boutwell in a March 22 story that appeared on BirminghamTimes.com

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“They’re living as if they don’t care if they die. And that’s an equally dangerous mindset.”

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Cynthia Warrick, the first woman president of Stillman College, who announced plans to retire after five years, according to a Sept. 17 story from the Associated Press.

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Birmingham City Council President Pro Tem Crystal Smitherman on how a $50 million federal grant the city applied for could help revitalize the Smithfield community and incentivize people to move back to the city, according to a Jan. 4 story in The Birmingham Times.

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