UnLable Poverty Conversations
Learn more about the conversations we will be having at the UnLable Event!
Poverty Education? What it is and why we need it.
Saturday, June 14th at 12:00 PM - Sign up here!
Moderator: Lucy Lawrence Ph.d.
Professor of Social Work at Warren Wilson College
Adrian Shaefer
Student at University of NC Asheville
Rev. Shannon Spencer
Chaplin at Warren Wilson College and founder of API/12 Baskets Cafe.
Thornne Garen
Poverty Educator at Asheville Poverty Initiative
Brady Rochford
7th/8th Grade Language Arts & Social Studies Teacher at Francine Delany
Listening to Lived Experience: A conversation on what it's like to be poor in Asheville.
Saturday, June 14th at 3:00 PM - Sign up here!
Moderator: Shunyu Huang
Donovan
Anson
Neisha
Change-Making: Local Policy Responses to Poverty
Sunday, June 15th at 1:00 PM - Sign up here!
Senator Julie Mayfield
Democrat - District 49 - Buncombe
Bo Hess
City Council Member
Term: December 2024 - December 2028
Jennifer Horton
County Commissioner - District 1
Sam Stites
Living Wage Program Coordinator