Family & Faith
are what’s important.
Family extends to more than just relatives and friends. And since our society has reached a cultural tipping point where self-interests supercede the greater societal good, our family affirms its fierce commitment to community outreach. While our interests extend to various religious and secular causes, we take tremendous pride in our organization, The Recursion Program, a non-profit focused on tackling and eradicating the persistent causes of poverty. Learn more about Pierce family initiatives and consider getting involved.
The Family Standard partners with a variety of organizations:
Recursion Program: In the world of mathematics and computer science, some problems are too difficult to solve all at once because of their enormity or their complexity. Recursion is an elegant method of solving large, complicated problems by breaking them down into smaller and smaller subproblems until a small enough problem is presented that it can be solved simply over, and over again.
Trying to solve the problem of persistent poverty is a large, daunting undertaking; perhaps one that is too large and complex to fix all at once. But, at the Recursion Program we believe breaking down and tackling the underlying causes of persistent poverty yields duplicable results worth having.
Learn more at https://recursionprogram.org
Beeson Divinity School: Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School opened its doors in the fall of 1988 and remains committed to the life of the church, to the practice of spiritual disciplines, to the total truthfulness of Holy Scripture, to the centrality of preaching, to the mission and unity of the church in the world, and to the great principles that characterized the Protestant Reformation.
Learn more at https://beesondivinity.com
Youth Leadership Forum: Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) of Birmingham is a community-wide leadership program for high school sophomores and juniors designed to expose young leaders to the various elements that interact to form a strong and dynamic metropolitan area.
YLF was founded by several members of Leadership Birmingham’s first class who felt that a similar program for high school students would benefit the youth in this area and the community as a whole.
Learn more at https://leadershipbirmingham.org/youth-leadership-forum/
First Light: The mission of First Light is to work with homeless women and their children to create hospitality in a safe and nurturing community, to encourage them to maintain dignity, to find hope, to seek opportunity, and to grow spiritually, thereby achieving their full potential.
Learn more at https://firstlightshelter.org
Miree Center Ethical Leadership: The C. Kyser Miree Ethical Leadership Center empowers students to discover the strength and beauty of service, genuine action and meaningful growth. Embodying the character of Altamont alumnus Kyser Miree, the Center focuses on the ability of individuals to make a significant difference in the world. Kyser Miree developed that conviction and sense of responsibility during his years at Altamont and carried it with him through college and professional life.
Miree was a victim of gun violence in 2010, but his memory and values are celebrated in the name of Altamont’s thriving leadership program. Today, the C. Kyser Miree Ethical Leadership Center prepares new generations of young people to be active leaders of positive change in the spirit of its namesake.
Learn more at www.mireecenter.org
LEAD Program: The Altamont School believes all students have the ability to lead. In every grade there are opportunities for students to learn and demonstrate their leadership skills in academics, athletics, student government and clubs. As students matriculate through the Altamont experience, they are offered opportunities to find their unique expression of leadership through experiential education within our LEAD program.
Learn more at https://www.altamontschool.org/academics/leadership
Salus Operational: Human trafficking, exploitation, and oppression is happening in every part of the planet. A global problem requiring global cooperation. Consequently, our mission is to assist, rescue, and revive those in need of help where we can, both domestically and globally.
Learn more at www.salusops.org