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Congress OKs Jones legislation to simplify FAFSA, aid HBCUs

The COVID relief package includes Jones's legislation to help HBCUs and reduce the number of questions on the FAFSA.
December 22, 2020

Jones announces dozens of funding requests for Alabama passed by Congress

U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Ala., announced Thursday that dozens of his requests to fund priorities for Alabama were included in a year-end appropriations package that passed the Senate on Thursday. The two funding bills now head to the President’s desk for his signature. “From increased resources for our HBCUs to additional funding to prevent the … Continued
December 20, 2019

Congress restores HBCU funding

With a vote by the U.S. House on Tuesday funding for historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving schools was restored.  “Today we are sending an important message of support for our HBCUs and showing in no uncertain terms that we believe they are vital to our system of higher education,” said Sen. Doug Jones, … Continued
December 12, 2019

Jones applauds Senate passage of HBCU funding

The U.S. House is set to take up a bipartisan bill approved by the Senate last week that would permanently restore funding for historically black colleges and universities and minority serving schools, but it’s less certain if the House will approve the bill in current form.  Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, spent months urging his colleagues … Continued
December 10, 2019

Fighting for our HBCUs

Right now Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions across the country are facing a disastrous financial cliff, all because the Senate has failed to renew $255 million in federal funding for these schools. Federal funding for HBCUs shouldn’t be caught in the political winds and left to expire because of partisan … Continued
November 11, 2019

Alabama transgender women of color selected for fellowship

A new fellowship program aimed at developing black and Latinx transgender women into leaders in public health kicked off in Washington D.C. last weekend and included three participants from Alabama.  The Human Rights Campaign Foundation hosted the first class of ten fellows in the program Elevate: A Fellowship Advancing Public Health Leadership for Transgender Women … Continued
November 7, 2019

Sewell speaks to National Security Forum at Miles College

Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell, D-Selma, and U.S. Army Lt. General Robert P. Ashley, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency spoke at the Miles College National Security Forum. “It is with great pride and honor for me to come to my district with one of my colleague’s Lt. General Robert P. Ashley,” Representative Sewell … Continued
September 4, 2019

ASU celebrates 152nd birthday party

On Thursday, Alabama State University is celebrating the 152nd anniversary of it’s founding as well as Alabama’s Bicentennial year as a state with a ceremony, over 200 excited kids, and cake. President Quinton Ross and others will speak at the event and that will be followed by music and the eating of the birthday cake. … Continued
July 17, 2019