Tag: Alabama


A crop of new Firesouls is celebrated in Northeast Alabama

Earlier this month in Gadsden, Alabama; a small town in the Northeast corner of the state, close to two dozen newly-minted Firesouls gathered at the Beautiful Rainbow Cafe to lunch on fried chicken and waffles, crab cakes and sweet potato pie – and to celebrate their new roles and 18 new Sacred Places in-the-making. The…

Creativity blooms in Northeast Alabama

Community foundation accepting grant applications for 18 Sacred Places that will take shape this year Seven hundred miles from the site of the first TKF Sacred Place, a new network of 18 – spread across nine counties in Northeast Alabama – will begin appearing later this year. The spaces, supported by a health fund established…

A DC Firesoul takes a trip down South

Steve Coleman meets with Alabama Community Foundation as it prepares to bring “Sacred Places” to the state A few months ago, we received an email from a community foundation in Alabama; the kind of mail that sends a ripple of excitement through our office. The foundation, one of several we’d mailed a copy of our…

"A quiet place. My soul grows still. This, indeed, is a balm for the weary, a shelter for the beaten. I am so grateful for this sacred space. I am now renewed."

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