Category: Realizing the Dream

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”3701″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Taylor Armer Graduate Assistant, Center for Community-Based Partnerships ABC News correspondent John Quiñones and Realizing the Dream Legacy Award winner Isabel Rubio engaged with University of Alabama students and faculty in a spirited question and answer session prior to the awards ceremony on Friday, January 13…

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”3672″] Related Stories: 2017 Legacy Banquet 2017 Dream Concert John Quiñones Transcript Quinones/Rubio Student Session [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Diane Kennedy-Jackson Publications Coordinator Tuscaloosa, Ala. — The annual Realizing the Dream weekend began with a buzz of excitement at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus as students, faculty,…

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [ua_image_boxes title=”Realizing the Dream” url=”http://realizingthedream.ua.edu” bg_color=”light” type=”” bordered=”false” clickable=”true” centered=”true” image=”http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2017_BanquetIcon.jpg”]Visit the Realizing the Dream website for more information about the 2017 Banquet and Concert.[/ua_image_boxes] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] December 16, 2016 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legendary gospel artist Kirk Franklin will be the featured performer for the 2017 Realizing the Dream Concert Sunday,…

By Kirsten J. BarnesCCBP Graduate Assistant On Sunday, January 19, the eve of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s national holiday, more than 1,000 people, many of them University of Alabama students, filled the Frank M. Moody Music Building to hear a lecture and the music of Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter/humanitarian John Legend. “I’m especially…

(Following is a transcript of John Cochran’s speech at the Legacy Banquet in Foster Auditorium, January 17, 2014. Cochran is a native of Montgomery and a graduate of the University of Alabama. The veteran broadcast journalist has worked for both ABC and NBC News.) I must tell you I was surprised to be asked to…

Take 6  The most awarded vocal group in history (including 10 Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards and a Soul Train Award) is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Members are Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley. Six virtuosic voices unite in crystal-clear a cappella harmony against a backdrop…