To submit items for this resource guide, send a brief description of the event, including date, time, place, and contact information. For organization listings, include as much contact information as possible. Deadline for listings is 6pm on Monday for Thursday publication.

All listings for ACRC refer to the Asheville Community Resource Center, which is is the process of relocating.

Events

March is Women’s History Month! UNCA offers a variety of programs in celebration. Events are free and open to the public. Info: 251-6315

Western North Carolina HIV/AIDS Consortium is preparing a resource directory for people living with HIV/AIDS in the counties of WNC to be published this summer. Info: 252-8817, wnchac@hotmail.com.

Thurs., Mar. 25 • A formal debate over public access TV (PATV) in Buncombe County will be held at 6 pm at Pack Library’s Lord Auditorium. A panel will answer audience questions afterward. Open to the public without charge. For more information, call 683-9354.

Fri., Mar. 26 • Ralph Nader to speak at UNCA’s Justice Center gymnasium. 12:30pm, with a question-and-answer session to follow. Doors will open between 11:45am and noon. Parking and seating are limited.

Fri., Mar. 26 • Panel of UNCA faculty and students explore “The Political Within the Personal: Cases of Latin American Women’s Responses to Injustices in the 20th Century.” Event will include performance of protest songs and readings of poetry and prose. 12:15pm, Laurel
Forum, 139 Karpen Hall, UNCA, free.

Fri. Mar. 26 • The documentary “Senorita Extraviada” (“Missing Young Women”) will be screened at 7pm in UNCA’s Humanities Lecture Hall. Film documents the investigations around the kidnapping, rape, and murder of more than 200 young women in Juarez, Mexico. For more information call Lori Horvitz at 828/251-6590.

Tue. Mar. 30 • Pagan Priestess Byron Ballard and United Methodist Campus Minister Rev. Amy Rio-Anderson will discuss “What Does the Goddess Have to Do with Christianity?” They will describe how the goddess and the sacred feminine were part of the first 300 years of the
early Church’s development. 12:15pm in Laurel Forum, 139 Karpen Hall, UNCA.

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Ongoing events

No classes or meetings will be held at the Asheville Community Resource Center (ACRC) until it is relocated.

Mondays • Active Students for a Healthy Environment (ASHE). 7:30 pm. Room 242 of the UNCA Dining Hall. Info: 216.6967, mtoguin@bulldog.unca.edu

Third Mondays • Asheville Latin-Americans for Advancement meets. Call 277-1797 for details.

Third Mondays • Population Connection (formerly ZPG) meets. Call Greg Wilcox at 665-7531 or gwilcox@charter.net

Mondays & Wednesdays • Free Yoga for beginners @ 5-6 pm at ACRC. Presented by Asheville Free School.

Alternate Tuesdays • Asheville Community Resource Center collective meetings. 7pm, 63 N. Lexington Ave.

Tuesdays • Western North Carolina Peace Coalition meets at 6:30 pm at International Link, 87 Patton Ave., Asheville. Info: Peace Line, 271-0022 or www.wncPeaceCoalition.org

Tuesdays • Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at City County Plaza, 5pm. Info: 281-4343.

Tuesdays • Beginning Spanish class with a native speaker Tuesdays, choose 12:30 or 4:00 at International Link, 87 Patton, $5 a class. 255-9104.

First Tuesdays • Community of Compassion, cannabis activist group, meets at 7pm at 729 Haywood Rd. (Fortune Building) in West Asheville. 251-0343.

First and Third Tuesdays • Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East meets, 9-10:30 am. Info: Ahmad Amara, 252-7710, Andrew Summers, 298-5320, or Jean Franklin, 669-5205

Wednesdays • Individual wellness consultation (the unclinic) for women & transgender people only, 6:30-9pm, ACRC. Info: 236-0890.

Wednesdays • Eastern Philosophy and Methods of Meditation @ ACRC 6- 7 pm

Wednesdays • Earth First! meets, 7pm, ACRC. Call for info: 225-0814.

Wednesdays • Mosaic Vortex community center membership meetings. Info: 271-7774

Wednesdays • Poet Potluck: Bring a vegetarian dish and speak your words. 7:30pm, Burnsville. Info/directions: 675-0171.

Wednesdays • Spanish language practice with a native speaker, 12:30pm at International Link, 87 Patton. 255-9104.

First Wednesdays • La Leche League toddler group meets 10am at Murphy-Oakley Rec. Center, 749 Fairview Rd. Info: 645-8579.

First Wednesdays • WNC Pagans’ Night Out, a monthly social gathering for local Pagans, Heathens, and practitioners of similar faiths. Info: 253-5667 or <www.witchesgathering.com/ceres>

Second and Fourth Wednesdays • Blue Ridge Equality Alliance (BREA) meets, 6:30pm, Wells Room, YWCA, 185 S. French Broad. Info: 252-4097 or <info@breaonline.org>

Thursdays • Poetry for Kids, an Asheville Free School class, from Dr. Seuss to Langston Hughes. 11am @ ACRC. Info: 255-3678.

Thursdays • Circus Skills, an Asheville Free School class, 1:30 to 3 @ ACRC.

Second and Fourth Thursdays • Asheville Inn Exchange combines enthusiasm of disadvantaged young adults with nonprofit community service projects for the benefit of all. 7pm, CORE (37 Carolina Ln.). Info: 350-1900, innexchange@hotmail.com, or groups.msn.com/ashevilleinnexchange

Fridays • Women in Black stand in silence against war, 5-6pm at Vance Monument. Info: 252-4536.

Fridays • German conversation practice Fridays 1:30 at International Link, 87 Patton, $2 each. 255-9104.

Fridays • WNC Peace Coalition’s Vigil for Peace, 6-7pm, Vance Monument. Info: Peace Line, 271-0022.

Fridays • Open acoustic jam, 7pm at Capricorn Studios. Info: 686-8020

First Saturday of every month • Wild Foods Walk @ the Swanannoa 4H Center. Info: Patrick, 686-3196

Saturdays • Tours and service learning projects at Earthaven Ecovillage, outside of Black Mountain. 669-3937 (visitor voice mail number, please leave a message).

Saturdays • InterFaith Vigil, 11am, Prichard Park.

Second and Fourth Sundays • Poetry Slam at Area 45 Theatre, 45 Wall St., 7:30 pm. Info: slamasheville@yahoo.com

Sundays • Free Spanish class. All levels welcome. Come learn/teach with us. 5pm. Info: Joseph at 277-0758 or Melody at 232-6805.

Sundays • Wild Survival @ the Swanannoa 4H Center Patrick@686-3196

Sundays • Free Radio Asheville collective needs help with DJs, money, equipment, and love. 7pm, ACRC

Sundays • The Bountiful Cities Project holds community workdays at the Pearson Dr. garden in Montford at noon (volunteer meeting first Sunday of month). Info: Jodi at 236-9462

Sundays • Asheville Prison Book Program meets at the ACRC, 5:30-8pm. Info: 281-0887.

Sundays • Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at City County Plaza, 4pm. Info: 281-4343.

Sundays • Capoeira class, 5pm. One class free if you bring in a copy of the AGR with this notice. Info: 232-2980 or dravenarcane@hotmail.com

Third Sundays • La Leche League meets 4pm at WNC Breastfeeding Center, 50 Doctor’s Dr. 628-4438

Second and Fourth Sundays • Jubilee environmental team meets downstairs at Jubilee, 46 Wall St., 11am. Info 250-9116

Last Sunday of every month • Food Not Bombs monthly meeting. 8pm, 169 Hillside St. Info: 281-4343.

ADD • Info: Alyssa, 236-0890

Rie-ki • Info: Josh, 301-2659

United Way’s 2-1-1 of Asheville and Buncombe County is a non-emergency, 24-hour community services information line. Call 2-1-1 and reach a referral specialist who assesses your needs and determines the service provider best equipped to handle your request. It’s free and confidential. A Spanish-speaking referral specialist is available from 3 to 7 pm, Mon.-Fri. (From a cell phone, payphone, or hotel/motel room, call 252-HELP.) www.211wnc.org

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Other Areas

Greensboro, NC, April 9-11 • South East Anarchist Network Gathering (SEANet). Meet people who share your anti- authoritarian passions, and who want to support each other in challenging oppressions! Open to all anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and folks curious about anti- authoritarian approaches to social change. For more info: http://www.anarcha.org/seanet/main.php or www.southeastanarchist.com, e-mail: seanetregistration@riseup.net, phone: (336) 274-1814, address: SEANet Registration/PO Box 2133/Greensboro, NC/ 27402

Organizations

American Indian Movement Asheville • 828-628-2862 or aimasheville@hotmail.com or <www.geocities.com/aimasheville/index.html>

Americans United for Separation of Church and State • North Carolina office: 919-604-6667.

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) • 828-649-9452 or www.asapconnections.org.

Arthur Morgan School • 1901 Hannah Branch Rd., Burnsville, NC 28714. 828-675-4262, ams@yancey.main.nc.us & www.arthurmorganschool.org

Asheville Community Resource Center (ACRC) • 252-8999

Asheville Free School • ashevillefreeschool@hotmail.com or 255-3678

Asheville Life Food Collective, 280-2555.

Asheville NOW • Join us in the fight for Women’s Equality. PO Box 8733, Asheville NC, 28814, (828) 285-0565.

Asheville Prison Book Program • 281-0887.

Asheville ReCyclery • Non profit bicycle repair at the Asheville Community Resource Center, 828-253-7930

Asheville Inn Exchange • Non-profit youth shelter + community service projects = a better Asheville! 350-1900, innexchange@hotmail.com, or groups.msn.com/ashevilleinnexchange

Blue Ridge Equality Alliance • 252-4097 or <info@breaonline.org>

The Bountiful Cities Project • PO Box 898 Asheville, NC 28801 Info: Jodi at 236-9462.

Canary Coalition • clean air group, PO Box 1556, Whittier, NC 28789-1556

Carolina Animal Action • PO Box 19242, Asheville, NC 28815, meatstinks@aol.com. 298-4647

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association • 919-542-2402.

Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America (CITCA) • Melissa Fridlin, 777-3968, citcawnc@main.nc.us, PO Box 1947, Asheville 28802

Children Of Earth • Educational support group and grassroots activism for families. Working together to defend our sacred birthrights. Affinity group, meetings, newsletter, etc. Info: 828-232-0036 or childrenofearth@riseup.net

Citizens for Media Literacy • 34 Wall St. 828-255-0182.

Clean Water for North Carolina (formerly the Clean Water Fund) • Works with communities to help protect their rights to clean, safe water by providing organizing and technical assistance and statewide advocacy for swift, fair, and effective environmental enforcement. Info:251-1291, or [www.cleanwaterfund.org] www.cwfnc.org

CLOSER • Gay and lesbian group, CLOSERmail@aol.com.

Colombia Education Project • Erin Pratt, 285-8495, or email scnunez@hotmail.com

Community Supported Development • Seeks development that will maintain the quality of life in the areas in which we live and work. 253-2546 or <www.main.nc.us/csd>

Community of Compassion • Local grassroots cannabis advocacy group. Call: 251-0343; E-mail: herbmercy@aol.com; Website: <members.aol.com/herbmercy/>

Coven Oldenwilde • Local Wiccan Coven. Contact us for info about Conscientious Objector status. Call 251-0343, or visit <www.oldenwilde.com>

Dandelion Fund • Provides small grants to activist groups. PO Box 409, Asheville, NC 28802. 828-236-1994. www.dandelionfund.org

Dogwood Alliance • PO Box 7645, Asheville, NC 28802, 828-251-2525, <www.dogwoodalliance.org>

Earthaven Ecovillage • Permaculture based, off-grid, intentional community, 669-3937 (voice mail) or <www.earthaven.org> 1025 Camp Elliott Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Education In Action • Youth action for social justice. Info: Eric, 828-350-0419, email: eric@educationinaction.org or web site: www.educationinaction.org

eKleiwerks Natural Building • Local and international trainings in natural building; 828-252-7701; janell@kleiwerks.com

El Eco • Asheville’s only Spanish language newspaper. Share news, announcements, events, and place advertisements. Info: eleco@ncpress.net.

Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO) • 119 3rd Ave. West, Hendersonville, NC 28792 or 692-0385

Food Not Bombs • Feeding the hungry and building community, call Jason @ 281-4343.

Free Radio Asheville • PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802, freeradioasheville@hotmail.com, or www.freeradioasheville.org

Heart Of The Mother • Educational support group and grassroots activism for mothers and other women. Welfare Warriors, Mother Warriors Voice Newspaper, Mother Earth Spiritual Gatherings, World Birth Magazine, etc. Info: 828-232-0036 or allmyrelations@wildmail.com

Henderson County Greens • <www.greens.org/wnc> or 697-4254.

High Country Citizens for Peace and Justice (Boone) • <www.highcountrypeace.org>

International Link Community Center • 87 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 255-9104 www.internationallink.org

Just Economics • 45 Sardis Rd., Asheville, NC 28806 or 665-2198.

Katuah Earth First! • PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802 or 225-0814.

Katuah MASHH (Medicine for Activists Seeking Health and Healing) • 275-6221.

The Mediation Center • 189 College St., Asheville, NC 28801-3030; 251-6089, tmc@buncombe.main.nc.us or www.main.nc.us/tmc

Mosaic Vortex • Not-for-profit youth empowerment organization. Call Breanna at 258-9395, or visit <geocities.com/mosaicvortex/>

North Carolina Citizens for Safe Food • Anti-biotech group. Subscribe to NC Safe Food Net at: <www.topica.com/lists/NC_Citizens_for_Safe_Food>

North Carolina Peace Action • PO Box 10384, Raleigh, NC 27605, billtowepa@juno.com , 919-469-0831

Nuclear Information & Resource Service Southeast • PO Box 7586, Asheville, NC, 28802. Contact: Mary Olson, 828-251-2060. nirs.se@mindspring.com or www.nirs.org

OUR VOICE • formerly Rape Crisis Center, PO Box 7453, Asheville, NC 28802. 252-0562

People of Faith Against the Death Penalty • WNC Chapter, 828-253-6287.

PFLAG • Gay and lesbian family group, 277-7815

PFLAG • Hendersonville, 696-8250

Physicians for Social Responsibility • Lew Patrie at 299-1242 or Stan Dienst 890-1582 <patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us>.

Planned Parenthood • 603 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC 28801, 252-7928.

Population Connection (formerly ZPG) • Info: Gregory Wilcox, 665-7531 or email gwilcox@charter.net

Quality Forward • Volunteer stream cleanup. Call Gretchen at 254-1776. P.O. Box 22, Asheville, NC 28802

RESULTS • citizens’ group, hunger and poverty advocacy organization. Cathy, 299-7957

Sierra Club, Wenoca group • 828-645-8917 or ryonen@juno.com

Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project • PO Box 3141, Asheville, NC 28802. 258-2667 <www.sabp.net>

Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership • 12 1/2 Wall St. Ste. D, Asheville, NC 28801or 232-0632

SPARE CHANGE? • Testing the constitutionality of Asheville’s new solicitation ordinance. sparechange345@hotmail.com

Tranzmision • Transgender community/activist group. Allies welcome! 281-4343 or tranzmision@hotmail.com

Voices for Peace • c/o Brevard College, Box B-5649, 400 N. Broad St., Brevard, NC 28712

War Resisters League • 277-0758

War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee • 1-800-269-7464 or 285-0010

Western Carolinians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East • PO Box 563, Asheville, NC 28802. Info: Ahmad Amara, 252-7710, Andrew Summers, 298-5320, or Jean Franklin, 669-5205

Western Carolina Women’s Coalition • PO Box 402, Asheville, NC 28802. 251-5986

Western North Carolina Alliance • 70 Woodfin Pl. #326, Asheville, NC 28801. 258-8737.

WNC Citizens for an End to Institutional Bigotry • PO Box 18640, Asheville, NC 28814. 669-6677. www.main.nc.us/wncceib

WNC Civil Liberties Coalition • Been violated due to Patriot Act, or care to join? Call: 697-4254 or 271-0022

WNC-Cuba Friendship Committee • George Robinson, 232-4922

WNC Green Party • meeting info: 254-5058

WNC Peace Coalition • Mission: “We are a coalition of groups and individuals promoting nonviolent solutions to world conflicts.” Peace Line: 271-0022 / E-mail: Peace@wncPeaceCoalition.org / Website: www.wncPeaceCoalition.org

WNC School of the Americas Watch • 254-5195

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom • PO Box 8016, Asheville, NC 28814. 299-1414 or 254-5489.

YWCA of Asheville • 185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 254-7206. www.main.nc.us/ywca

Zim-Zam Eco-House • 277-0758

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