February 2019 Community Calendar

Free Mumia! Documentary Screening

Join community members for a viewing of Long Distance Revolutionary about author, journalist, former Black Panther and political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal.

"Trouble" Screening

sub.Media offers Trouble, a brand-new monthly show offering an in-depth anarchist analysis of current struggles, tactics, and movement dynamics

Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night!

Letters save lives! Join Blue Ridge ABC each month for an evening of solidarity with incarcerated comrades. Celebrate their birthdays by sending words of encouragement and support.

Make Rojava Green Again Reading Circle

A reading circle focused on collectively reading and reflecting upon the book Make Rojava Green Again by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava, focused on the ongoing, revolutionary efforts to build an ecological society in N. Syria.

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.

Literacy Awareness and Prison Books Book Drive

LiteracyCorps and the Literacy Council of Buncombe County will be setting up a educational booth and collecting books for Asheville Prison Books.

SuperVixen's Conversations

SuperVixen Conversationalist is a motivational speaker and energy alchemist. She works through one on one conversation to energetically empower and uplift those she speaks with.

Original Recovery

A new approach to recovery ideology founded in the truth that there are multiple successful paths to varied, authentic lifestyles.

Cancelled - Queer Writing Group

*This event will not happen on 9/27/2019 and is cancelled until further notice.*

Have a writing practice or want to start one? Join in the launch of a new collective writing group for LGBTQ folks.

Dialogue Cafe: The Teaching of African-American History

Chaplain Robert Zachary offers a combined poetry, storytelling, expressive thought, music and dialogue audience participation to reveal "The Proper and More Effectual Method on the Teaching of Afro-American History."

What Does an "American" Fascism Look Like?

Most of us have been taught that fascism is a totalitarian form of government featuring dictators like Mussolini and Hitler. In his new primer, author Michael Roberto asks us to reconsider the nature of fascism and its American manifestations.

Trauma Resource Group

TRG is an inclusive space for sharing mental health resources, coping strategies, recovery stories, and science about the mind-body-social connection.

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.

Black Mama's Bail Out Planning Meeting

A tactic to confront the malicious system of money bail and make tangible interventions in the lives of black women and caregivers across the South for Mother's Day.

Original Recovery

A new approach to recovery ideology founded in the truth that there are multiple successful paths to varied, authentic lifestyles.

Know Your Status! Get Tested

Buncombe County HHS and WNCAP have partnered to provide FREE testing for pesky sexually transmitted infections and Hepatitis C (a virus). All you have to do is show up and receive a gentle blood draw and pee in a cup.

Asheville Animal Rights Reading Group

Devouring books, poems, and other writings related to animals and animal rights. 

EDS Support Group

Zebras unite! Talk, listen, and connect with other folks who have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and related disorders. 

Asheville Prison Books Volunteer Orientation

Learn about how to get involved with a local books-to-prisons project!

Monthly Analytics in Asheville Meetup

*April 21st event is cancelled. Meetings will resume in May*
Meeting for any folks interested in analytics.

Reproductive Justice and Abortion Access Roundtable

Sistersong NC and the Carolina Abortion Fund present a reproductive justice 101!

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.

Women's Empowerment Book Club

A reading group to explore and discusses books that inspire, empower, and support positive transformation. This meetup welcomes both cisgender and transgender women.

Original Recovery

A new approach to recovery ideology founded in the truth that there are multiple successful paths to varied, authentic lifestyles.

Wild Words Writing Group

Let your words be wildly free to express your heart's desire.

Cancelled - Queer Writing Group

*This event will not happen on 9/27/2019 and is cancelled until further notice.*

Have a writing practice or want to start one? Join in the launch of a new collective writing group for LGBTQ folks.

Dialogue Cafe (Canceled)

We are sorry for the inconvenience but this event has been canceled.

Asheville Vegan Runners Monthly Meeting

Old and new vegans and runners meet to inspire and be inspired!

Colorful Pages Project Read Aloud

Colorful Pages Project is a group of educators, counselors, and parents, passionate about racial equity. Join CPP and Firestorm for our monthly bilingual read aloud event.

Asheville FM Station Meeting

Asheville FM is a volunteer-based, grassroots community radio station broadcasting at 103.3 on the FM dial in Asheville, NC. Created by Friends of Community Radio, a 501(c)3 non-profit entity.

Queer & Poly Meetup

Middle School Queer Quilt Project

On their first stop of an 18-day field trip, students from Arthur Morgan School will present their Queer Quilt project and the five weeks of research they have done on LGBTQ rights, history, and culture.

Steady Collective Syringe Access Outreach

Comprehensive harm reduction services including distribution of educational material, naloxone, syringes, and supplies at no cost.

Trauma Resource Group

TRG is an inclusive space for sharing mental health resources, coping strategies, recovery stories, and science about the mind-body-social connection.

Chiapas Reading Book Club

A reading group focused on Chiapas, México.

Original Recovery

A new approach to recovery ideology founded in the truth that there are multiple successful paths to varied, authentic lifestyles.

ASWOP Planning Meeting

Join Asheville Sex Workers Outreach Project in developing their plan to advocate for sex workers in the Asheville area.

Tranzmission Prison Project Packaging Party

An open, monthly volunteer event to help prepare books and zines for mailing to prisons across the United States.