Act Local School details

Act Local School
Spring 2024 Class / Salon Series

UPDATE. 4.21.24.
All future sessions are cancelled. We have enjoyed the beta run of this course and are pivoting to take in the learnings thus far.

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Topics + speakers curated + convened by Kevin Jones, of Neighborhood Economics.
Salons facilitated by BJ Harden Jones, of Temple of the Open Heart.

The Act Local School blog.

Details: Ten Wednesdays 6-8pm Eastern starting March 20th, ending May 29th.
(skipping April 3rd for Spring Break)

Suggested donation: $100 for the series, $15 per class
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
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In person: 12 Baskets Café, 610 Haywood Road, Asheville NC, 28806
Parking: Street parking or behind Trinity church

Apologies to those who aren’t local, but we are no longer going to utilize Zoom for this class series. We are still intending to record the sessions, and hope to make those available here.

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• Class 1: March 20th, Give to Invest tool
with
– Safi Martin of Hood Huggers, Burton Street Peace Gardens, and Blue Note Junction
– Stephanie Swepson Twitty of Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation

• Class 2: March 27th, History of Settlement and Power in WNC
with
– Tom Hatley, historian and naturalist, professor of Cherokee Studies
– Tom Belt, Cherokee elder

• April 3rd Spring Break

• Class 3: April 10th, Community Ecosystem Engagement
with
– Sarah Harney, of Environmental Quality Institute
– Kate Wheeler, Farm Administrator of Southside Community Farm

• CANCELLED. Class 4: April 17th, Subverting Redlining
with
– Joe Minicozzi, of Strong Towns
(Apologies for cancelling this evening’s event. It’s due to medical issues with the facilitators. We intend to be back next Wednesday.)

• CANCELLED. Class 5: April 24th, Biomedicinals in WNC
with
– Lalita Booth, of Guaranteed from Seed with Warren Wilson College