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Promoting Environmental Justice for Community Health: FREE and interactive training |
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Follow the link to read more about this important and exciting training! |
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GO Will Be at Bele-Chere! |
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Exciting news! GO will have booths this year at Bele Chere! We will be selling beer at two different booths on July 29th and 30th. Proceeds will go to GO and we get to give the masses their cool beverages.
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Step Up Ceremony! |
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Next week, July 12, from 1-7pm Green Opportunities will be hosting the GO Spring 2011 Training Team's Step Up Ceremony!
This ceremony celebrates the "stepping up" of GO Training Team members, by holding a time to hear their stories and their future plans. The ceremony invites community members, sponsors, partners, and members' families to join in this cerebration.
Local food and drinks are provided, as well as an always entertaining, member-made slideshow. |
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GO Party for a Just, Green Economy |
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Green Opportunities (GO) is hosting their third annual fundraising celebration on June 23 at the YMI Cultural Center in the historic Block neighborhood in downtown Asheville. Proceeds support GO’s efforts to build a just and inclusive Green Economy in Western North Carolina. New to this year’s event is a dynamic, “Spit ‘N Spin” format that will feature live performances by GO members and friends. Performances will include hip hop and soul musicians, DJs, spoken word artists, break-dancers and more. GO members will be joined by the Urban Arts Institute’s “Hip Hop... Category: | |  |
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Reid Center Community Meeting Next Week |
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Open Neighborhood Meeting
Topic: We got the renovation grant! Please come out to discuss the future of the W.C. Reid Center.
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Reid Center, 133 Livingston St.
Attendees: All residents of the Southside and Livingston/Erskine/Walton Street neighborhoods; other interested individuals and agencies
Sponsored by: Reid Center Advisory Board, Green Opportunities, Partners Unlimited, Empowerment Resource Center, Asheville Housing Authority and Resident Council |
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Greenlife Community Giving Day! |
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Green Opportunities has been chosen as Greenlife's featured non-profit for this month's community giving day! On May 24th, 5% of Greenlife's profits will go to Green Opportunities. We will be tabling and giving weatherization demonstrations that day, so come by to support your local non-profit!
We will also be there to table May 13th, 17th, 20th and 23rd. So come by to learn more about GO in person! But don't forget the 24th! Category: | |  |
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Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities Conference |
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On June 2nd and 3rd Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) and Warren Wilson College will be holding a "Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities Conference". To read more about the conference, follow the link! |
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Financial Health Fair & Clinic on April 30th! |
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Worried about debt or impending foreclosure? Have other financial concerns and worries? Then come to the FREE Financial Clinic being held by OnTrack on April 30th. The clinic will be held from 9am to 4pm at the United Way offices on French Broad Avenue. Follow the link to find out more information. Category: | |  |
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Asheville Earth Day |
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We'll be at this year's Asheville Earth Day festival! Come by to see us or stop by around 6pm to hear co-director DeWayne Barton speak on stage! Click the link to learn more! |
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Take a Stand Against Racism! |
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Join the YWCA of Asheville in taking a stand against racism! Category: | |  |
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