BIG IDEA: Teach your children
If you ask Weld contributor Mia Watkins, changing Birmingham is as simple as teaching our children--but not just in the schools.
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BIG IDEA: Appreciate our city
Look around. Birmingham has a lot of great things, and we need to appreciate them, according to Gail Andrews.
BIG IDEA: Learn real magic
What does Birmingham need? Mike Coppage says we need a little more magic in the Magic City.
BIG IDEA: Tune in to the idea that radio still matters
We have a whole lot of radio stations in Birmingham, but is there a single station that embodies Birmingham, a true community radio station? Keith…
BIG IDEA: Come together in RR Park & meditate on future possibilities
Shariff says we need to all get together and meditate. “I love myself and I love my city; the past does not define me; my…
BIG IDEA: Look beyond the city limits for inspiration
In order for the city of Birmingham to stop its population decline, it must address the quality of life issues that affect its residents, says…
BIG IDEA: Stage more protests
If you ask Tim Denny, what Birmingham needs is more highly visible, organized displays of solidarity among people that cuts through all socio-economics, race and…
BIG IDEA: Transform the city into a campus
There's a lot of gum-flapping about recruiting and retaining bright young minds, but not much done to stop the "brain drain." Charles Ball proposes a…
BIG IDEA: Read, travel and embrace the arrival of the world on our doorstep
Leaders are readers, and leaders are travelers. A man well-read and well-traveled makes a good leader. Sanjay Singh proposes that our civic leaders be required…
BIG IDEA: Get out of the silos of race, class and age to create the future you want.
Scott Douglas asks if current generations can build new civic engagement enterprises, if they can build effective, multi-constituency coalitions across the city, and lay claim…
BIG IDEA: Act like one great city
If we’re to finally reach our potential as a city, Birmingham and Hoover — or Irondale or Vestavia Hills or Mountain Brook — can’t simply…
BIG IDEA: Get healthy
Dr. Michael Fleenor's got a Big Idea for Birmingham, and it's for Birmingham to get healthy. Fleenor says getting the Magic City healthy will take…
BIG IDEA: Repurpose our history
For too long the administrations of this city have focused on building shiny new edifices to ego instead of looking to the past for guidance…
BIG IDEA: Combat juvenile crime
Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper says we can invest in our kids now or pay later. It costs $30 a day to keep a kid…
BIG IDEA: Be a good neighbor
The big idea that Joyce T. Spielberger wants to you to embrace is embracing your neighbor. Too much of our political energy is spent on…