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Alabama Together is a progressive political group located in Auburn, Alabama. [1][ better source needed] The group was founded in December 2016. [2]
Alabama Together was founded shortly after the 2016 presidential election. The organization, which grew out of a private Pantsuit Nation Facebook group, held its first official meeting in December 2016; the meeting attracted over 100 attendees. [2] [3]
According to an opinion/editorial in The New York Times, in 2018, Alabama Together helped support about "a dozen women running for office for the first time, part of a surge of new Democratic candidates in the state challenging long-serving Republican incumbents." [4] In August 2018, Alabama Together member Bob Parsons was elected to a seat on Auburn City Council. [5][ better source needed] Members have also run for Congress, [6][ better source needed] state legislature, [7] [8][ better source needed] and state school board. [9]
On August 16, 2018, Alabama Together hosted a Civic Forum to give voters the opportunity to learn about candidates for state office and candidates for Alabama's 3rd congressional district. [10] [11] In April 2017, Alabama Together organized a civic forum and invited Congressman Mike Rogers (R) to participate. At the time, Rogers had not held a public forum in Lee County in over two years. [3] Alabama Together spent months reaching out to Rogers. [12] [13] Rogers did not acknowledge the invitation, [3] [12] and the forum was held in his absence. [3] [12]
Alabama Together has organized political marches, including a March for Science in Auburn, Alabama, in April 2017. [3] [14] Alabama Together also participated in two annual Pride on the Plains events, the first municipal pride events ever held in Auburn and Opelika, Alabama; Pride on the Plains was covered in the New York Times. [15]