The David Mathews Center for Civic Life recently announced the launch of their new website at www.mathewscenter.org.

Based in Montevallo, Alabama, the David Mathews Center for Civic Life, organizes a number of programs including their signature program, Alabama Issues Forums (AIF). The following is excerpted from the "About" section of the new website:

Simply put, we work to strengthen civic life in all 67 Alabama counties. Our programming includes convening and moderating deliberative public forums, hosting reporting-out events, conducting moderator and convener training workshops, and developing youth leadership and community engagement opportunities. The Mathews Center also authors the Alabama Civic Health Index to measure how Alabamians engage with each other and the issues they care about. DMC signature programs equip Alabamians with tools to find strength in themselves, and their fellow citizens, to find solutions to knotty community problems and pressing public issues. Because we believe that Alabamians should play a role in defining the public issues – and their solutions – that affect their daily lives, we listen as much as we speak...

For more information about the David Mathews Center for Civic Life, and their programs and activities, contact dmccl@mathewscenter.org, or by phone at 205-665-9005.