Speaker to be announced.   This will be a Zoom only meeting.

Karen Musgrove of Birmingham AIDS Outreach.

Dr. Roald Hazelhoff, Founder and Executive Director of the Alabama Environmental Center and long-time professor at Birmingham Southern College.

YMBC Member and Candidate for the Democratic nomination for Public Service Commission, Place One, John Northrup.

March 16: YMBC Member and presumptive Democratic Nominee for Secretary of State Wayne Rogers.

March 2: YMBC Member and legendary trial lawyer Jack Drake to discuss his new book, “Be Not Afraid: A Southern Journey through Law, Liberty and Civil Rights.”

February 23: YMBC Member and Candidate for United States Senate Dakarai Larriett

There will be no zoom or in-person meeting Feb 16th 2026 due to the President’s Day Holiday.  See ya next week!

January 12: IN PERSON Pamela Casey, Blount County District Attorney, AG Candidate

Tomorrow, Monday, April 15: VIRTUAL ONLY.  We will hear from Ryan Hankins, Executive Director, PARCA. We have heard from Ryan before, but not in a while. He will tell us about PARCA, its history, mission, and some of its current work and priorities.  Ryan is PARCA’s Executive Director, and joined PARCA in 2015.  He has a B.A. in religion and En…[Read more]

April 8: VIRTUAL. After a depressing but candid presentation last week by BSC President Daniel Coleman, we turn to a cheerier topic tomorrow: suppression of voting rights in the deep south. Steve Suitts, who has spoken to us twice before (on his books Hugo Black of Alabama: How His Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the…[Read more]

Monday we will be IN PERSON, HARBERT CENTER, from St. Rep. Neil Rafferty on the current legislative session. Neil was elected to House District 54 in 2018, reelected in 2022.  He serves on the Economic Development and Tourism Committee, the Health Committee, the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation Committee, and the Transportation, Utilities,…[Read more]

Tomorrow we will hear, VIIRTUALLY, from one of our favorites, conservative columnist Cameron Smith. Cameron received his B.A. in philosophy and classics from Washington & Lee University and his J.D. from The University of Alabama. School of Law. He has been Legislative Counsel to Senator Jeff Sessions on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Executive…[Read more]

Monday, February 26th, 2024, we are IN PERSON at the Harbert Center with Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight.  Joe has spoken to us before, and, in Dragnet-Joe Friday fashion, gives us “just the facts.”  Not flashy, but Joe is knowledgeable and, in my opinion, shoots straight.  Come prepared to ask Joe about whatever is on your mind regard…[Read more]

No meeting due to President’s Day.  Enjoy your holiday!

Monday, February 12: IN PERSON, HARBERT CENTER: Howell Raines, Pulitzer Prize winner, former Executive Editor, the New York Times, and author of his new book, Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta-and Then Got Written Out of History.  Howell is a distinguished Alabamian, graduate of Birmingham-Southern, and i…[Read more]

Monday, January 29: IN PERSON, HARBERT CENTER. Judge Charles Price, Circuit Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court (ret.), Member, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission.  Judge Price will address all things marijuana commission related.  An important topic.  Don’t miss. (He is the father of our own member, Municipal Court  Judge Chuck Price, who des…[Read more]

Monday, January 22: IN PERSON, HARBERT CENTER:  Barnett Wright, Executive Editor, Birmingham Times.  Barnett grew up in Philadelphia and worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, eventually as managing editor. He moved with his family in 2000 to Birmingham, where he took a reporting job at the Birmingham News, covering Jefferson County government. In 2…[Read more]

No meeting in honor of MLK Day.  Enjoy your day off.

Alabama Holocaust Education Center.  A box lunch will be available.  No Zoom session.