UnLabel Poverty Conversations
Learn more about the conversations we will be having at the UnLabel Event!
Poverty Education? What it is and why we need it.
Saturday, June 14th at 12:00 PM - Sign up here!
Adrian Schaefer
Student at University of NC Asheville
Rev. Shannon Spencer
Chaplin at Warren Wilson College and founder of API/12 Baskets Cafe.
Brady Rochford
7th/8th Grade Language Arts & Social Studies Teacher at Francine Delany
Thornne Garen
Poverty Educator at Asheville Poverty Initiative
Moderator: Lucy Lawrence Ph.d.
Professor of Social Work at Warren Wilson College
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!
Donovan Punch
Anson Cooke
Kwanza Reid aka “Kwan Joseph”
Neisha wright
Moderator: Shunyu Huang
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