Friday, July 01, 2016 / Published in Events, Local History, New Donations

Social Activism & Social Services: Lives Built Around Serving Others

  Left to right: Ellen Clarke, Co-Director ABCCM to bring adult education opportunities to inmates in jail, founder Women at Risk, Executive Director at Western Carolinians for Criminal Justice. Jim Barrett, Executive Director of Pisgah Legal Services, and on staff for more than 30 years. Deborah Miles, Director of Center for Diversity, a founder Stone
Friday, June 17, 2016 / Published in Events, Local History

1980’s Asheville: In Those Days There Were Lots of Issues To Care About–As Is Still True Today

Just about everything I know about social activism and social agencies in Asheville during the 1980s I learned in the last six months from Ann Von Brock and Ellen Clarke while we met to plan the series ”Asheville in the 1980s: A Formative Decade Told By Those Who Shaped It.” Ann Von Brock and Ellen
Friday, June 03, 2016 / Published in Events, Manuscript Collection

1980s Social Activism & Social Agencies in Asheville

Behind every nonprofit, there is a story. Perhaps it is the story of a regional healthcare agency that started with two lawn chairs and a card table. Or maybe it’s the story of a few people, banding together to halt mining in the Pisgah and Nantahala forests, who spearheaded an organization dedicated to preserving the