🌱 Southern LGBTQ History Workshop + Golden Achievement Award

Hello all. It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Birmingham Daily. Let's get this Friday started off right, with a quick dive into the most important things going on around town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and hot. High: 95 Low: 75.

Here are the top four stories in Birmingham today:

1. Authorities are asking the public to identify a suspect of a shooting and robbery by photograph. The victim was 47-year-old Birmingham real estate developer Brian Plott who was shot in the femur on Jun. 12, 2022. Plott’s truck, gun, and cash were stolen by the suspect on the 7000 block of First Ave. (AL.com)
2. The Invisible Histories Project is hosting a workshop to collect more pieces of LGBTQ+ history in the South. The non-profit group is hosting the Guerilla Archiving Event at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Saturday, Jun. 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering cash rewards for information leading to a conviction in robberies of Birmingham mail carriers over the last few days. The suspects were allegedly driving a 2015 to 2017 black Nissan Versa with a spoiler and a green and white Drive Time paper tag. (WVTM13 Birmingham)
4. Birmingham City Schools has received a Golden Achievement Award for t COVID-19 virus and vaccine public awareness campaign. The award was given by the National School Public Relations Association for the demonstration of exemplary public relations, marketing, communication, and engagement. (Birmingham Times)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Outdoor Pool Open Today At Levite Jewish Community Center (All Day)
• Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop at University of Alabama at Birmingham (9:00 AM)
• Ocean Sensory Bin Grab N Go at West End Branch Library (9:00 AM)
• Friday Movie Matinee at Woodlawn Branch Library (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The University of Alabama’s “Alabama Astrobotics” has crushed the competition for the seventh year in a row! The robotics team won the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence at the NASA Robotic Mining Competition: Lunabotics 2022. (The University of Alabama via Facebook)
• The City of Birmingham Government will accept sealed bids for lawn care and maintenance services for 24 of its parks until Wednesday, Jun. 29. Get your bids in! (City of Birmingham Government via Instagram)
• Calling all birding enthusiasts! Tickets are on sale now through Jul. 15 for the Second Annual Black Belt Birding Festival taking place Jul. 29-30. (Alabama Audubon via Facebook)

Alrighty, you're all good for today! See you all tomorrow for your next update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.