Eric Hall
Eric Hall
Age: 43
Residence: Birmingham (Central Pratt)
Political experience: Candidate, Birmingham City Council District 9, 2013, 2017, 2021; community liaison, Birmingham City Council, 2014-16; former president, Central Pratt Neighborhood Association.
Professional experience: Admissions counselor, Gadsden Job Corps., 2024-present; associate minister, Peace Missionary Baptist Church; contact representative, Social Security Administration, 2018-2024; veteran, United States Army; Advancing Black Strategies Movement fellow, 2022-2023; consultant with city of Birmingham for special projects, 2014-2016; project facilitator, CHA/supervisor, Jefferson County AIM, 200-2015.
Civic experience: Board member, Alabama Equality, January 2025-present; founded Project Organize Alabama; organizer, National Labor Movement Campaign to support Amazon union drive, 2021; inaugural fellow, Black to the Future Public Policy Institute, 2020; inaugural fellow, Movement School progressive movement, 2019; fellow, Young People For (YP4), 2018; executive director, Angel Toy Drive; founding member, Black Lives Matter Birmingham; co-chair, Our Revolution Birmingham; recipient, 12th Annual A.G. Gaston Community Service Award, 2016; organizer, “Camp Noah” Summer Programs, 2011
Educational experience: Pursuing a master’s in social work at Lancaster Bible College, worked on master’s in social work, Alabama A&M University, 2018-2020; bachelor’s degree in political science, Miles College, 2018; Jackson Olin High School, 2000.
Main issues: “For more than a decade, Eric has worked to empower Black communities by organizing around voting rights, labor justice, LGBTQ+ equity, and dismantling systemic power structures. These experiences deepened his commitment to grassroots organizing and building independent Black political power, his website states.
