Buy Black. Buy Local.
Keep dollars in the local Black community as resistance against the insidious process of gentrification.
Learn more about the sociology and history of gentrification and how it has directly impacted the Black community of Asheville:
- https://mountainx.com/news/uprooted-urban-renewal-in-asheville/
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-residents-discuss-lasting-injustices-urban-renewal-redlining/story?id=73083737
This is why Asheville for Justice’s commitment to promoting equitable solutions to racial injustice starts with community. Build each other up; even as they try to tear it down. This is what community looks like!
Mutual Aid Networks
Mutual aid projects are networks of volunteers who exchange resources and services for the benefit of the community.