Let’s celebrate the power of words! I am proud to be a part of the 2017 Mountain of Words Write-A-Thon fundraiser for Asheville Writers in the Schools & Community (AWITSC). For this, I’ll be writing up a storm between now and … Continue reading Mountain of Words & More
Connecting Through the Roots On October 22, CoThinkk held “Connecting Through the Roots,” a beautiful event where they announced their first grant recipients and presented Community Leadership Awards to four leaders of color and two allies who “play a critical role … Continue reading Community. Collaboration. Commitment.
My October piece for the Urban News is about an upcoming event that is being produced by Sheneika Smith of Date My City in partnership with Buncombe County and the UNC Asheville African Americans in WNC Conference (more details on … Continue reading Awesome Events + More
Today I get to share some bittersweet news about Chiva, a rad mobile muti-purpose outreach project that I’ve written about before on this blog. The news is this: Chiva, LLC, which was founded by Victor Palomino, Sarah Nuñez, and Carolina … Continue reading Changes for Chiva
Here is a piece I wrote for the Xpress website about CHIVA, an innovative organization that is holding an event this Saturday evening. CHIVA mobile outreach bus reflects on its first year We are trying to contribute to the inclusion process of the new face of WNC,” says Carolina McCready of the CHIVA – Transporting Opportunities to People (TOP) Project, a social entrepreneurial endeavor that she helped to start a year ago with Sarah Nuñez and Victor Palomino. Specifically, the CHIVA is a school bus that has been turned into a mobile outreach space. The CHIVA TOP Project is designed … Continue reading CHIVA – Transporting Opportunities to People (TOP) Project
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