Announcements


2025 Symposium Schedule

Blackburn members can register to attend through Thursday, August 14. See list of registered attendees below the schedule. Schedule Please read each event carefully to ensure that you are included in the invited audience(s). Friday, August 22 Saturday, August 23 Attendees The following have registered to attend as of July 29. Blackburn Advisory Board and…


Lifetime Giving Circles

Recognizing financial support to the Blackburn Institute through individual and corporate donations from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2025.


2023 Burt Jones Travel Experience Itinerary

In Fall 2023, Blackburn students visited St. Clair and Shelby counties on a 3-day Burt Jones Rural Communities Experience. Next year, the experience will return to its typical 4-day format. Please use the itinerary below as an example of the range of activities that students engage in during this trip.


2023 Protective Life Itinerary

In Spring 2023, Blackburn students visited Montgomery on a 2-day Protective Life Government Experience. Please use the itinerary below as an example of the range of activities that students engage in during this trip.


2023 Urban Travel Experience Itinerary

In Fall 2023, returning Blackburn students visited Huntsville on an overnight Urban Travel Experience. Please use the itinerary below as an example of the range of activities that students engage in during this trip.


2024 Howell Heflin Fellows Proposal Guidelines

The Senator Howell Heflin Fellows Endowed Support Fund provides $2,500 to support activities of Blackburn alumni (Fellows) that actively address the needs of Alabama communities. Priority will be given to activities that impact literacy, both youth and adult, and voter education initiatives consistent with the vision, mission, and values of the Blackburn Institute. engagement activities,…


Returning Student DCS Proposal Guidelines

Through the Daniel Community Scholars Program, the Daniel Foundation of Alabama funds Blackburn student projects to address the needs of Alabama communities.  Returning students may work on their own or in groups to develop and present proposals to a panel of Advisory Board members, Fellows, and university staff members in the fall semester.  Selected projects…


2019-2025 New Student Class Winning Projects

2025 Clean Slate: Providing A Warrant Clinic in Tuscaloosa Clean Slate: Providing A Warrant Clinic in Tuscaloosa consists of a one-day community warrant clinic, focused on clearing outstanding misdemeanor and traffic court violations or setting new court dates for participants. Team photo: Destiney Crawford, J.B. Foster, Woods Hobbs, Madeline Martin, and Jai Ivy Raines Phonics in Practice Phonics in…


2015-2020 Fellows Projects

The Daniel Foundation of Alabama funded the following Fellows’ projects. Fellows projects are now funded by the Senator Howell Heflin Fellowship. 2020 Fellow Projects Shaping Our State is a multichannel campaign, anchored by three animated videos. The short films aim to educate, encourage and empower young Black women in Alabama to engage in all levels of government, from…