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From YouTube: Housing & Community Development
Description
Strategic Partnership Fund Applicant Presentation
B
Good
morning,
everyone,
I'm
sage
turner,
chair
of
the
housing
and
community
development
committee,
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
this
special
meeting
of
strategic
partnership
funding,
also
known
as
spf,
and
it's
our
application
presentation
day.
Today.
We
will
have
a
translator
with
us
and
I
will
be
pausing
to
allow
them
to
translate
for
our
spanish-speaking
applicants
and
guests.
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We
started
with
the
participation
of
12,
kids
and
four
instructors,
who
are
also
fathers
and
mothers
of
the
families
and
with
the
years
and
with
lots
of
efforts
and
love.
The
group
has
been
growing
more
and
more
and
today
we
have
55
kids
and
around
15
instructors
from
different
countries
of
origin,
but
who
share
the
spanish
as
their
mother
language
and
they
live
in
the
neighborhood
of
emma
in
the
irwin
district.
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Every
year
we
have
more
families,
children
and
youth
in
the
community
who
would
like
to
be
part
of
races,
but
we
do
not
have
the
space
or
the
necessary
resources
to
be
able
to
expand.
The
group.
That's
why
we
are
very
grateful
for
all
the
support
with
good
intentions
that
we
could.
That
could
give
us
the
opportunity
to
strengthen
races.
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H
Hello
committee
and
partner
organizations,
my
name
is
heather
deifel
and
I
work
with
leaf
global
arts.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
This
time
to
share
you
were
a
guest
at
my
stepson
school
today
and
helped
them
write.
He
drew
a
picture
in
view
and
was
happy
to
see
that
you
liked
it
and
signed
it.
Also,
you
told
him
how
good
his
rap
was
and
the
whole
experience
made
him
come
home,
saying
that
was
one
of
the
best
moments
of
my
life.
Thank
you
so
much
it's
not
a
moment.
H
We
also
lead
professional
development
for
arts
integration,
with
teachers
of
all
grades
and
subjects
through
a
partnership
with
kennedy
center.
Now
we
are
adding
field
trips
to
the
leaf
global
experience
on
the
block
in
downtown
asheville
to
engage
students
with
hands-on
learning
through
integrative
exploration
stations,
workshops
led
by
teaching
artists,
world
craft
arts
and
cultural
history.
Lessons
by
adding
field
trips
leaf
is
rounding
out
the
global
arts
engagement
with
youth,
in
hopes
of
cultivating
curiosity,
preserving
cultures
and
promoting
global
understanding
and
empathy,
we're
targeting
two
specific
opportunity:
gaps
for
low
and
moderate
income
families.
H
H
The
second
one
is
arts
education,
which
has
seen
cut
after
cut
year
after
year.
Some
local
schools
don't
even
have
a
full-time
art
teacher.
This
means
that
families
with
less
resources
have
less
opportunities
to
participate
in
extracurricular
enrichment
learning
because
it
costs
money.
And
time
did
you
know
a
study
in
the
university
of
california,
los
angeles
found
that
students
with
a
high
art,
participation
and
low
socioeconomic
status
have
a
four
percent
dropout
rate,
that's
five
times
lower
than
their
low
socioeconomic
peers.
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I
We
know
there
are
no
simple
solutions,
however,
hardness
unlimited
is
one
support
to
improve
the
chances
of
an
at-risk
youth,
falling
deeper
and
deeper
in
the
circle
that
gives
no
options
until
one
after
another
at
risk.
You
is
written
off
and
we
don't
want
to
write
anyone
on
our
success
rate
has
been
over
90
percent
and
how
we
judge
that
is.
We
compare
the
official
graduation
list
from
the
high
school
with
the
students
who
have
come
through
our
program.
I
I
think
we're
more
successful
because
we
are
not
public
education.
So
when
the
students
come
to
our
programs,
we
make
sure
they
understand
that,
and
we
also
make
sure
that
they
know
that
we
are
here
to
help
them.
Whichever
way
we
can
and
even
students
who
do
not
want
to
continue
in
school,
we
will
meet
with
them.
We
will
take
them
over
to
av
tech
to
find
out
about
their
ged
program
you're
at
three
minutes.
Oh
so
we're
gonna
throw
em
back
in
the
ocean
one
at
a
time.
Thank
you.
So
much.
J
Well,
good
morning,
everyone
I'm
ronald
gates,
I'm
the
director
of
the
gateway
group
of
asheville,
which
is
a
national,
evidence-based
father.
Motherhood
program,
which
addresses
well
been
established
here
since
2016,
but
addresses
the
indigenous
and
the
low-income
families
in
which
we
take
time
to
address.
You
know
the
the
issues
of
nurturing
the
proper
families,
awareness
from
fathers
and
mothers
to
the
children,
engaging
the
children
in
regards
to
appropriate
education,
to
literacy
and
and
also
to
taking
in
different
activities
around
the
city.
J
Our
program
actually
focusing
on
in
regards
to
the
parenting
where
we
deal
with
the
parenting,
because
if
we
don't
start
with
the
parents,
then
you
know
it'll
also
definitely
affect
the
children.
And
so
we
do
engage
the
parent
parent
with
the
parenting
program.
That
is
in
the
court
system.
That
is
in
judicial,
along
with
health
and
human
services.
K
Good
morning
my
name
is
cindy
threlkeld,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
literacy,
together,
literacy
together,
has
been
providing
literacy
services
in
our
community
for
over
35
years.
It
may
surprise
you
to
learn
that
one
in
eight
adults
in
buncombe
county
read
and
write
below
the
basic
proficiency
level
for
a
third
grade
level.
That
means
they
struggle
to
read
the
label
on
a
prescription,
medicine
bottle
to
fill
out
a
job
application
or
read
a
bedtime
story
to
their
child.
So
it's
no
surprise
that
43
percent
of
low-littered
adults
live
in
poverty.
K
To
address
this,
we
need
to
ensure
that
all
children
learn
to
read
in
the
formative
years
of
k
through
third
grade.
I
applaud
this
committee
for
addressing
the
opportunity
gap
as
your
top
priority.
Closing
the
gap
between
black
and
white
students
for
grade
level
proficiency
is
a
daunting
task
that
is
not
just.
The
responsibility
of
the
school
system
requires
the
full
engagement
of
the
community.
K
K
Last
summer,
we
piloted
a
summer
reading
program
that
recruited
14
young
adults
from
age
16
to
21
for
paid
internships
to
be
trained.
As
reading
tutors
for
grade
school
kids
attending
the
ytl
summer
camp,
we
emphasized
recruiting
young
adults
of
color
to
serve
as
role
models
and
mentors
the
students
were
pre
and
post-tested
by
title
1.
Reading
specialists
and
93
percent
improve
their
scores
in
at
least
one
literacy
area.
K
This
innovative
program
has
a
double
benefit.
The
campers
improve
their
reading.
Skills
and
interns
learn
a
new
skill.
They
gain
work,
experience
and
participate
in
professional
development
sessions
on
financial
literacy,
job
interviews
and
writing
college
essays.
This
summer
we
doubled
the
size
and,
once
again,
it's
proving
to
be
successful.
K
Our
proposal
to
this
committee
is
to
pilot
an
extension
of
this
model
to
recruit
and
train
youth
interns
during
the
academic
school
year
to
tutor
children
of
color.
Through
a
partnership
with
christine
w
avery
learning
center,
we
would
recruit
10
tutors
for
a
fall
and
spring
term
of
12
weeks
each
to
work
with
40
to
50
students.
K
L
L
Mother
love
serves
pregnant
and
parenting
teens
with
the
goal
of
high
school
graduation
and
delay
in
a
second
teen
pregnancy.
This
is
important
because
statewide
only
36
percent
of
teen
parents
graduate
high
school
and
about
a
third
of
them
have
a
second
pregnancy
before
they
turn
19.
in
the
past
30
years.
Our
program,
mother
love,
has
averaged
a
98
high
school
graduation
rate
and
we
rarely
see
a
second
pregnancy.
L
The
covid
pandemic
created
its
own
set
of
challenges
for
the
young
men
and
women
that
we
serve.
That
includes
school
systems
that
are
really
stressed
and
can't
provide
the
supports
that
they
did
pre-coping.
It
also
includes
isolation,
child
care,
housing
issues
and,
frankly,
more
teen
pregnancies
at
the
yw.
We
combine
programming
and
advocacy
to
create
the
change
that
we
seek.
An
example
of
that
is
that
in
the
1970s,
when
we
started
mother
love
t
when
a
young
woman
got
pregnant,
she
was
kicked
out
of
school.
L
As
a
rule,
we
advocated
at
a
local
level
to
get
this
policy
changed
well
before
it
became
federal
law
and,
more
recently,
we
worked
with
both
school
systems,
mayheck
and
dss
to
change
the
four-week
maternity
leave
policy
that
our
young
women
were
subjected
to
to
eight
weeks,
and
that
includes
teacher
home
visits
and
supports
the
biggest
indicator
of
this
academic.
Success
of
a
child
is
the
education
level
of
their
mother.
L
M
I
have
served
in
this
role
since
2012
and
I
work
at
lucy
herring
elementary
school
most
of
the
time
and
at
that
school
I
teach
feast
classes
at
the
end
of
every
feast
class
students
come
out
to
the
guard
who
are
in
the
garden
are
given
time
to
play,
explore
and
harvest
in
the
garden.
After
our
lessons-
and
I
lead
students
around
the
garden,
showing
them
what
they
can
harvest
and
I
watch
as
they
pull
carrots
from
the
ground
wash
the
dirt
off
and
take
a
bite.
M
M
These
experiences
are
made
possible
by
the
feast
program
of
bountiful
cities,
feast
partners
with
public
schools.
We
partner
with
lucy
herring
elementary
hall,
fletcher
elementary
and
francine
delaney,
and
we
enhance
the
school
curriculum
and
maintain
the
gardens
at
those
schools.
We
estimate
that
we
will
deliver
programming
directly
to
800
students
in
the
2000
2022-2023
school
year
at
these
three
schools.
M
We
also
partner
with
many
other
organizations
and
schools,
but
these
are
the
three
primary
schools
that
we
are
at
during
the
school
day
and
that
this
grant
will
provide.
Funding
for
feast
is
an
ongoing
program
of
bountiful
cities,
and
the
mission
of
feast
is
to
empower
youth
and
families
to
grow,
prepare
and
enjoy
fruits
and
vegetables
through
hands-on,
cooking
and
gardening.
Education,
like
I
said
we
partner
with
local
schools
and
organizations
to
deliver
standards,
aligned
lessons
and
maintenance
and
support
for
the
school
gardens
at
those
public
schools.
M
We
give
all
students
an
opportunity
to
connect
with
nature
and
food,
as
well
as
the
cycles
that
connect
them
and
while
some
of
our
students
have
access
to
nature
and
gardens
and
healthy
food
outside
of
school.
Many
of
our
students
only
experience
this
during
feast
and
the
schools
that
we
work
in
serve
a
broad
demographic
of
students
who
come
from
a
myriad
of
cultural
and
socio-economic
backgrounds.
O
O
In
2018,
we
took
up
a
project
which
was
initiated
by
the
east
end
valley,
street
neighborhood
association,
and
it
was
called
the
african-american
cultural
heritage
projects.
It
includes
an
african-american
cultural
heritage
trail
which
will
define
an
african-american
economic
development
district,
a.
O
O
O
E
O
O
O
F
Q
Q
I'd
rather
you
hear
from
the
horse's
mouth
than
hear
from
me.
I
can
talk
about
it
all
day,
but
you
have
to
see
it
understand
when
our
children
start
to
heal.
Other
things
can
happen
for
them
better
things
can
happen
for
them,
so
the
whole
for
the
future
program
start
off
started
off
as
a
club
at
irwin
middle
school,
and
then
it
became
a
summer
program
because
it
is
what
our
children
from
the
middle
school
asked
for
now
they
want
to
have
an
after-school
program.
So
it's
impacting
that
the
community
provides
what
the
community
needs.
R
R
S
Q
Right
so,
the
whole
idea
of
this
is
for
them
to
not
only
see
representation
of
themselves
going
through
the
healing
process,
but
also
to
give
them
a
safe
enough
space
so
that
they
can
talk
about
the
things
that
impact
their
lives
daily
from
community
to
home,
to
school,
to
all
those
obstacles.
Now
we
understand
that
prevention
of
drug
use
is
important.
Prevention
of
all
obstacles
that
our
children
can
face
is
important,
teen,
pregnancy,
all
those
things.
Q
So
if
they
get
to
hear
studies
of
soul,
if
they
get
the
opportunity
to
heal,
they
have
a
better
opportunity
at
their
future
and
that's
all
we
want
to
provide.
That's
all
we
need
to
find
it.
We
still
we
started
out
with
five
middle
school
students
who
were
gonna
earn
stipends
to
be
here.
We
ended
up
with
how
many
middle
school
students
we
got
raised,
hand
yeah.
We
got
about
23,
we
have
60
students
all
together,
we
should
have
just
had
20,
but
we
got
60
students
and
we
didn't
advertise
any
of
that.
Q
Q
P
Good
morning,
as
we
know,
ashland's
opportunity
gap
continues
to
rank
first
in
the
state
and
fifth
in
the
nation
for
racial
educational
disparities.
A
multitude
of
factors
contribute
to
this,
including
unequal
access
to
employment,
health
care,
housing,
civil
rights
and
biases
in
the
criminal
justice
system
youthful
hand
and
circulated
partnered
since
2014
to
address
these
disparities
by
providing
year-round,
structured,
academic
support
and
life
skills
and
leadership,
programs
for
children
and
youth
living
in
public
housing
for
over
28
years
youthful
hand.
P
Director
eleanor
earle
has
been
a
staunch
advocate
and
leader
in
the
asheville
community,
successfully
advancing
the
lives
of
children
of
color.
This
is
evidenced
by
the
data
we're
collecting
in
the
useful
hand
after
school
and
summer
jump
start
programs
using
tools
such
as
m-class
reports,
the
hegerty
phonemic
awareness
assessment,
the
hegerty
kindergarten,
baseline
phonemic
awareness
assessment
and
the
bridges
for
math
intervention
assessment.
We're
able
to
show
that
our
rising
kindergarten
through
fifth
grade
students
all
demonstrate
academic
and
social
growth
across
the
school
year.
Many
performing
at
or
well
above
grade
level
by
the
year's
end.
P
We
mitigate
the
summer
slide
by
continued
academic
support
across
the
summer
months,
providing
additional
targeted
academic
support
and
programming
in
stem
and
social
emotional
learning
groups.
This
excellence
in
programming
is
led
by
curriculum
specialists
from
asheville
city
schools,
who
teach
literacy
and
math
monday
through
friday
during
the
school
year
and
across
the
summer,
using
foundations
for
reading
and
bridges
for
math
aligning
with
city
schools
curricula.
P
In
the
summer
of
2020,
we
launched
our
workforce
readiness
program,
employing
students
aged
12
to
19
living
in
low-income
housing.
Our
teen
employees
are
trained
by
the
curriculum
specialist
to
tutor
in
foundations
and
bridges
and
work
in
our
eight-week
summer
program.
The
teams
gain
income
and
invaluable
life
skills
through
financial
literacy
and
resume
building
courses
provided
by
executives
at
bank
of
america
and
merrill
lynch
self-care
health
and
hygiene
courses
provided
by
medical
staff
from
mountain
area.
P
Pediatrics
teens
assess
their
life
skills,
knowledge
through
kc
life
skills
assessment,
along
with
personal
goal,
setting
one-on-one
mentoring
and
reassessments
to
evaluate
progress
towards
their
goals.
Students
are
introduced
to
larger
social
networks
through
special
presentations
opportunities
for
scholarships
and
shadowships,
which
would
otherwise
be
unavailable
to
them.
Since
2020
we've
employed,
42,
youth
and
surrounded
with
them
with
support
for
successful
employment,
including
the
provision
of
workplace,
attire
transportation,
securing
necessary
documents
such
as
state
ids
and
assisting
them
in
opening
bank
accounts.
P
The
grant
funds
we're
requesting
will
support
the
expansion
of
our
workforce
development
program
from
eight
weeks
in
the
summer
to
47
weeks
across
the
school
year
and
summer.
Additionally,
funds
will
be
used
to
support
our
reading
and
math
specialists
as
they
instruct
the
children
in
the
youthful
hand
program
and
build
with
them
a
solid
foundation
in
early
literacy
and
math
essential
as
we
work
together
to
successfully
close
the
opportunity
gap.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
S
All
right,
the
cost
of
living
in
asheville
is
11
higher
than
the
state
average
and
it's
seven
percent
higher
than
the
national
average
asheville
housing
is
19
more
expensive
than
the
u.s
average,
and
utilities
are
five
percent
higher.
The
housing
and
transportation
index
shows
that
asheville
has
zero
energy
in
efficient
neighborhoods,
which
means
that
the
people
who
work
here
oftentimes
cannot
afford
to
live
here
and
the
opportunity
or
achievement
gap
that
that
we
see
and
and
experience
of
which
our
children
experience.
The
short
end
of
the
stick.
S
When
we
think
about
what
the
students
need
and
where
the
students
are
going,
we
have
to
have
people
that
understand
that
road.
So
when
we,
when
we
designed
this
proposal,
we
were
thinking
about
supporting
those
bipod
teachers
that
would
choose
to
be
in
the
classroom
and
then
on
the
other
side
of
being
able
to
support
the
achievement
of
our
young
people
by
hiring
one
of
the
students
that
came
to
black
wall
street
is
actually
referred
to
black
wall
street.
S
After
being
with
my
daddy
taught
me
that,
and
then
he
came
to
the
program
and
he
ended
up
starting
a
business
and
he
made
a
few
thousand
dollars
and
was
able
to
purchase
his
own
car
out
of
cash
upon
graduation
he's
deciding
to
stay
in
asheville.
This
grant
would
allow
us
to
hire
him
to
lead
this
program.
S
When
we
look
at
the
partnership
possibilities,
asheville
can
become
a
place
where
black
professionals
can
thrive,
but
it
would
not
happen
if
we
only
focus
on
one
side
of
the
on
one
side
of
the
issue.
The
issue
also
includes
how
we
can
incentivize
those
people
that
are
educators
both
in
the
schools
and
in
the
communities.
This
grant
allows
us
to
do
that
and
bridge
the
gap.
S
By
implementing
this,
we
intend
to
support
50
black
youth
in
the
black
wall.
Street
junior
program
to
recruit
retain
at
least
at
least
one
educator
and
then
to
incentivize
those
people
that
commit
to
educating
black
youth
through
housing,
stipends
transportation,
incentives
and
bonuses.
If
they
commit
to
educating
black
youth,
this
together
will
create
a
scale
of
here.
U
Our
particular
training
program
will
be
guided
by
our
neighborhood
plan
that
was
created
back
in
2010
and
we
got
a
number
of
other.
We
have
16
other
projects
happening
in
and
around
the
neighborhood
at
this
time,
and
our
goal
is
to
used.
Have
the
young
people
have
hands-on
experiences
in
rebuilding
and
restoring
that
neighborhood
and
then
going
to
the
classroom
and
tightening
up
on
their
skills?
U
And
then,
when
they
come
back
out
of
the
school
out
of
the
classroom,
they
come
back
in
the
neighborhood
to
work
on
the
highway
expansion,
the
the
future
renovation
of
the
basketball
courts
and
giving
them
hands-on
experience
that
build
confidence,
and
we
also
been
paying
young
people
for
some
time
to
do
the
work
in
that
neighborhood.
So
how
do
we
build
their
capacity,
their
confidence
and
connect
with
school
groups
and
other
youth
organizations
happening
in
and
around
the
city?
U
Our
first
attempt
to
just
grew
into
a
program
that
was
18
to
24,
but
we
we
feel
like.
We
really
need
to
focus
in
on
those
earlier
young
people
and
just
start
the
building
from
there.
We
also
doing
a
time
towel
and
treasure
map
of
our
neighborhood
and
looking
for
other
neighborhood
residents
to
add
capacity
to
what
we're
doing.
U
T
We
are
working
alongside
eagle
market
street
and
I
created
a
program
called
power
of
youth
a
couple
of
years
ago,
and
it
was
more
so
after
going
through
my
suicide
attempts,
I
recognized
what
was
needed
and
what
helped
me
get
through
it.
So
I
created
this
program
that
focuses
on
youth
under
the
age
of
18.,
so
I
started
with
third
grade
to
12th
grade.
Thus
far,
we've
probably
touched
around
200
to
250
students
in
asheville
city,
a
lot
of
those
students
being
at
asheville
high
with
the
silsa
program.
T
The
program
takes
art
and
mental
health
and
combine
it
in
one.
What
we
recognize
is
that
a
lot
of
youth
are
dealing
with
a
lot
of
issues,
post
covic
dealing
with
bullying
dealing
with
substance
misuse,
and
they
don't
know
how
to
properly
talk
about
it.
So
I
come
in
and
teach
them
through
a
way
of
spoken
word.
I've
also
recently
partnered
with
another
organization
to
offer
art
as
well,
so
we're
kind
of
putting
art
therapy
in
place
in
the
schools.
What
we
recognize
is
that
students
really
enjoy
it.
T
The
program
runs
for
five
days
and
typically
an
hour
per
day,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we're
getting
feedback
on
is
that
students
want
more,
but
the
city
schools
doesn't
have
the
funding
to
provide
more
buncombe
county
schools
doesn't
have
the
funding
to
bring
it
in
at
all,
and
so
we're
hoping
that
by
this
we're
able
to
expand
and
make
sure
that
we're
touching
every
individual
who
needs
to
be
touched
and
ultimately
being
able
to
build
it
into
an
summer
camp.
So
that
is
all.
V
Good
morning,
good
morning
to
all
of
you,
I
am
lc
ray
reverend
lc
ray
the
senior
minister
of
wnc
baptist
downtown
in
asheville,
but
also
ceo
of
one
of
asheville's
oldest,
but
also
enriched
programs
that
serves
our
children,
one
youth.
At
a
time
I
can
recall
somewhere
around
1995,
I
was
serving
as
executive
director
of
the
weimar
culture
center
and
the
clergy,
the
ministers
they
came,
and
we
had
a
very
serious
conversation
about
our
students
and
many
that
were
not
doing
quite
well
in
their
classes.
W
Good
morning
my
name
is
erin
barksdale
and
I'm
the
outreach
and
engagement
director
for
the
racial
justice
coalition
of
asheville.
I
first
want
to
say
thank
you
all
for
this
opportunity
for
your
time
and
your
consideration.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
other
organizations
on
this
call.
It's
been
wonderful
getting
to
hear
about
all
of
the
meaning
work,
meaningful
work.
You
all
are
doing:
rjc's
ongoing
every
black
voice
campaign,
centers
and
uplifts,
the
voices
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county's
black
community.
W
This
campaign
aims
to
fill
the
gap
in
evidence
regarding
the
process
of
change
and
the
perceived
and
real
impact
of
the
reparations
commission
on
systems,
structures
and
the
lives
of
african
americans.
It
will
also
provide
insight
on
what
the
black
community
would
like
to
see
from
the
reparations
process
and
their
current
perceptions
of
the
reparations
process,
rather
than
claiming
to
speak
for
the
black
community
rjc
centers
the
voices
and
needs
of
the
black
community
at
its
core
and
regularly
engages
in
outreach
specifically
the
every
black
voice.
W
W
We
will
leverage
our
organizational
networks
and
utilize,
our
websites
and
social
media
outlets
to
connect
with
and
disseminate
information
to
community
members
who
engage
online
for
those
that
do
not
engage
online.
We
have
pamphlets
that
we
hand
out
to
community
members
and
flyers
with
information
regarding
the
every
black
voice
campaign
and
reparations
process
to
ensure
we
are
reaching
every
black
voice.
The
rjc
is
partnering
with
the
mojo
health
wellness
and
justice
collective,
who
you
heard
from
earlier
to
engage
the
community's
youth,
who
offer
a
wealth
of
knowledge
when
we
deeply
listen.
W
As
the
data
from
the
every
black
voice
campaign
is
collected,
the
rjc
team,
in
collaboration
with
local
researchers,
will
interpret
and
share
reports
of
community
responses
in
real
time
to
inform
the
recreations
commission
process
and
recommendations
our
goal
as
an
organization,
and
then
this
campaign
is
to
prioritize
modeling,
accountable
and
sustainable
practices
and
relationship
between
participants,
leadership
and
partners
involved
in
our
community.
These
structures
allow
for
community
input
and
to
bridge
the
gap
between
government
and
community
members,
with
continued
focus
on
community
and
grassroots
led
organizing.
W
X
Hi,
my
name
is
molly
maynard,
I'm
a
staff
attorney
at
pisco
legal
services
and
I'm
here
for
our
children's
law
project.
It's
not
always
immediately
intuitive
to
people
how
a
legal
aid
organization
can
have
a
children's
law
project
when
most
of
our
clients
are
not
children
themselves,
but
at
fiscal
legal.
The
issues
that
we
hope
families
address
are
those
of
basic
needs
like
having
safe
and
secure
housing,
preventing
domestic
violence
and
meeting
other
basic
needs.
We
see
that
these
issues
deeply
impact
families
and
their
children
and
their
ability
to
succeed.
X
X
X
Having
a
house,
that's
not
in
good
shape,
can
make
it
hard
to
have
friends
over
legal
representation
can
improve
those
conditions
and
remove
those
unnecessary
and
unjust
obstacles
for
children.
Our
domestic
violence
attorneys
help
clients
obtain
and
maintain
custody
of
children
for
their
safety
is
compromised,
preventing
child
abuse.
We're
also
able
to
help
with
domestic
violence.
Protective
orders
where
a
child
or
a
parent
is
a
victim
of
abuse.
X
Y
So
these
young
people's
concerts
are
two
full
orchestral
concerts
in
downtown
thomas
wolf
auditorium
for
over
4
thousand
fifth
graders
enrolled
in
buncombe,
county
schools
and
nashville
city
schools.
These
concerts
are
part
of
a
four-year
program
where
we
take
musical
ensembles
of
string
instruments,
wind
instruments,
brass
instruments
into
local,
elementary
schools
for
kids
in
second
third
and
fourth
grade.
The
idea
is
to
expose
all
the
students
in
our
region
to
different
instruments
and
then
provide
them
with
this
full
orchestral
experience
in
fifth
grade
through
these
young
people's
concerts.
Y
So
the
goal
is
to
develop
a
total
pipeline
here
with
in
school
ensembles
for
second
third
and
fourth
grade
young
people's
concerts
in
fifth
grade
instrument,
scholarship
programs
and
our
youth
orchestra,
with
scholarships
available
in
those
subsequent
years,
and
all
of
these
programs
are
intended
to
help
fill
the
opportunity
gap
in
public
school
music
programs,
many
of
which
have
been
trimmed
or
greatly
reduced
at
public
schools
in
particular
over
the
last
decade.
So
this
year's
young
people's
concerts
are
our
most
compelling
ever.
Y
They
feature
the
entire
asheville
symphony
youth
orchestra,
performing
side
by
side
with
professional
members
of
the
asheville
symphony
itself,
and
we
have
the
special
guest
participation
this
year
of
traditional
music
superstar
and
multi-grammy
award
winner
bayla
fleck,
performing
with
both
ensembles.
So
this
is
an
incredible
opportunity
for
kids
to
see
one
of
the
titans
of
traditional
music
in
bluegrass
with
a
professional
symphony
orchestra.
Y
So
this
this
is
not
just
a
free
concert
for
kids.
This
is
a
multifaceted.
It's
a
side-by-side
performance
of
the
youth
orchestra
with
the
professional
symphony,
giving
those
kids
an
experience
of
performing
alongside
professional
musicians.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
every
fifth
grader
in
the
region
to
see
kids
their
age
performing
in
the
youth
orchestra
and
inspiring
them
to
participate
and
apply
for
a
scholarship.
Y
This
is
a
chance
for
those
same
fifth
graders
to
see
one
of
the
the
kings
of
bluegrass,
baylor
flack,
live
in
concert
and
it's
an
opportunity
for
the
kids
in
the
youth
orchestra
to
play
alongside
balaflect.
That's
a
musical
opportunity.
They
will
never
repeat
again
not
to
mention
this
is
the
culmination
of
a
four-year
pipeline
to
get
kids
invested
in
music.
We
all
know
music
is
a
super
powerful
tool
for
enhancing
student
learning.
Every
study
in
the
world
will
show
you
that
participation
in
music
programs
creates
a
huge
increase
in
math
and
language
arts
skills.
Y
It
significantly
lowers
dropout
rates
and
drug
use.
It
increases
engagement
and
graduation
rates.
It
increases
overall
gpa
testing
scores.
It
improves
critical
thinking,
self-esteem
and
much
much
more.
So
getting
kids
involved
with
music
is
one
of
the
very
best
ways
we
can
improve.
Academic
outcomes
and
the
lives
of
students
in
our
region
and
the
program
for
which
we're
applying
is
a
tremendous
way
of
doing
that
in
a
multifaceted
way.
So
we
hope
you
consider
funding
this
important
program
for
asheville's
musical
community.
Thank
you.
Z
Z
Its
community
live
bridge
program
is
built
over
his
already
wellness
work
that
shares
news
resources
and
opportunities
in
spanish
and
central
american
mayan
languages
via
online
video
and
text,
as
well
as
local
fm
radio
programs.
It
is
a
megaphone
for
those
who
are
underrepresented
in
the
mainstream
media
in
a
vital
information
source
for
non-english
speakers.
Z
Z
Jmpro
tv
serves
the
following:
diverse
community.
This
data
is
from
the
website,
analytics
volunteers
and
listening
session
participants,
hispanic
and
latino
75
african-american,
fifteen
percent
and
a
multi
ten
percent
john
young
adults.
From
fourteen
to
eighteen,
fifty
fifteen
percent
of
those
seventy
five
percent
and
seniors
plus
ten
percent,
our
communities
of
color
have
been
historically
impacted
by
the
interpersonal
and
systematic
mechanisms
that
organize
the
distribution
of
powers
and
resources
across
lines
of
race,
gender,
sexual
orientation,
gerund
and
expression,
and
other
dimensions
of
identity.
Z
Our
community
lives
that
perpetuates
these
inequities.
For
example,
the
lack
of
access
access
to
housing,
75
of
the
latinx
immigrant
population
does
not
own
a
home
without
access
also
to
health
insurance
and
healthcare.
75
latinos
immigrants
with
no
status
do
not
have
access
to
health
insurance.
Immigration.
Statuses
of
the
majority
of
the
immigrant
population,
contributes
to
working
in
unfair
conditions
which
are
paid
to
the
minimum
wage
or
under
or
subcontracted.
Z
X
D
Hi,
my
name
is
kyla
morton,
I'm
the
assistant
director
here
at
the
christian.
Every
learning
center,
also
known
as
cwa
cwa,
is
an
educational
non-profit,
child
care
center
serving
125
students
from
ages
2
to
15..
88
of
our
families
receive
child
care
subsidy
vouchers,
which
means
their
family
falls.
Family
income
falls
at
or
below
the
200
percent
federal
poverty
line.
The
cwa
village
project
will
focus
specifically
on
our
school
age
program,
which
is
made
up
of
67
students.
The
demographics
of
these
students
are
93
percent
black
and
brown,
and
seven
percent.
R
Hello,
my
name
is
kathryn
bright
and
I'm
the
business
operations
manager
at
the
christine
avery
learning
center.
Most
of
us
have
heard
the
saying
it
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
child.
The
cwa
village
project
will
help
expand
that
village
for
some
and
create
that
village,
for
others,
by
providing
students
and
their
families
with
resources
to
help
them
not
only
survive
but
thrive
in
a
society
that
leaves
so
many
behind
the
village
project
is
a
three-tier
program
that
will
meet
the
most
critical
needs
plaguing
our
families.
R
The
program
will
provide
academic
tutoring
enrichment
supplies,
social
emotional
support
for
children
who
need
assistance
regulating
behaviors,
as
well
as
support
families
by
providing
parent
development
workshops,
focused
on
culturally
relevant
based
practices
for
supporting
children's
academic
success
and
social
and
emotional
development
under
the
academic
enrichment,
tier
students
and
their
families
will
receive
tutoring
and
supplies,
and
literacy
and
stem
subjects
to
help
enhance,
enhance
the
child's
learning
experience
outside
of
the
classroom.
The
tutoring
piece
of
this
initiative
has
already
been
proven,
beneficial
and
helped.
R
Many
of
our
students
in
our
program
go
from
not
proficient
to
proficient
in
all
subject
areas
for
many
students.
It
is
difficult
to
maintain
proficiency
without
intervention
interventions
from
family
members.
The
village
project
will
allow
parents
to
come
and
learn
ways
to
assist
their
students
while
doing
homework
and
preparing
for
projects
and
tests,
social
and
emotional
supports
will
be
facili,
facilitated
and
identified
by
part-time
by
by
a
part-time
sel
advocate.
Cwa
currently
has
a
full-time
student
advocate
on
staff.
However,
data
has
reflected
an
increased
need
in
student
advocacy,
especially
amidst
the
covet
19
pandemic.
R
The
seo
advocate
will
work
with
students
and
their
families
to
help
regulate
adverse
social
and
emotional
responses
through
through
group
seo.
Lessons,
as
well
as
providing
outside
supports
if
necessary,
family
and
community
support
will
be
given
by
way
of
parent
development
meetings,
trainings
and
workshops.
The
administrative
staff
will
work
with
work
to
provide
families
with
resources
and
assistance
and
scaffolded
development
training
targets
that
will
provide
families
with
skills
and
resources
to
receive
more
agency
insight
on
how
to
support
their
children.
Cwa
will
also
provide
free
child
care
to
parents
participating
in
the
pd
courses.
R
In
order
to
accomplish
these
goals,
cwa
will
partner
with
the
therapists
like
me
for
seo
trainings,
we'll
also
partner.
With
reconnect
resource
for
resilience
to
provide
parent
development
courses,
we'll
partner
with
literacy
together
to
assist
in
tutoring,
our
students
and
our
families,
and
providing
families
with
resources,
we'll
also
partner
with
buncombe
partnership
for
children
to
help
outside
provide
outside
resources
such
as
therapeutic
services
at
the
christine
avery
learning
center,
we
are
invested
in
supporting
the
child
holistically
and
are
focused
on
creating
programs
that
extend
beyond
the
surface
issues
develop.
AA
Hello
and
thank
you
for
having
me
good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
keenan
lake
and
I
am
representing
my
daddy
taught
me
that
my
daddy
taught
me
that
is
a
youth
development
program.
We've
been
operating
for
the
last
10
years.
We
just
celebrated
our
10th
anniversary
july
1st,
through
enrichment
college,
career
readiness,
mentoring
and
job
training.
We
are
leading
the
way
with
our
youth
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
to
address
the
community
opportunity
gap
in
2020.
AA
We
made
national
news
for
the
pod
program
that
we
started
over
at
the
asheville
mall
with
our
youth,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
done.
We
actually
partnered
with
the
asheville
city
community
foundation
to
bring
in
tutors
for
our
kids
and
youth,
so
they
can
learn
and
do
things
and
in
2020
what
we
did.
We
paid
our
youth
to
do
that,
and
so
that's
how
we
made
national
news.
AA
One
of
the
things
we've
done
over
the
last
year
we
got
invited
by
one
of
the
principals
at
asheville,
high
school,
and
so
in
september
of
last
year,
we
actually
had
five
to
six
of
our
volunteers
and
staff
members
in
asheville
city
schools.
So
asheville
high
school
asheville
middle
school,
we
actually
started
a
chaperone
program
where,
three
days
out
of
the
week,
we
were
at
both
of
those
schools,
chaperoning
mentoring.
AA
We
actually
had
a
club
at
asheville,
high
school
mdtmt
club
and
so
being
able
to
help
with
this
address
this
opportunity
gap
being
able
to
be
in
the
spaces
to
do
so.
We
have
prided
ourselves
on
that.
We
want
to
make
sure
that,
through
the
my
daddy
taught
me
that
program
we're
reaching
every
community
in
which
we're
also
in
all
the
communities,
and
so
we
just
appreciate
the
opportunity
we
appreciate
being
able
to
be
on
this
panel.
AA
F
AB
AB
What's
going
on
here,
the
actual
art
museum
in
partnership
with
beloved
asheville,
where
grants
request
grant
funding
to
provide
free
community
art
classes,
museum
tours,
develop
student
exhibitions
that
highlight
the
work
of
the
program
participants
and
provide
professional
development
and
training
for
the
museum
and
staff
and
contract
educators
to
develop
group
projects
with
local
artists
and
educators.
This
partnership
will
be
a
new
initiative
for
both
the
museum
and
below
nashville,
as
the
only
accredited
non-profit
visual
arts
museum
serving
all
24
counties
of
western
north
carolina.
AB
The
museum
provides
widespread
access
to
otherwise
unavailable
arts-based
educational
programming
in
its
74-year
history.
The
museum
has
developed
several
innovative
multi-multi-disciplinary
programs
that
help
children
internalize
core
competence,
competencies
in
math
language,
arts
and
personal
development
through
experiences
with
visual
arts
by
partnering
partnering
with
area
artists
and
educators
and
organizations
like
beloved
asheville,
along
with
the
city
of
asheville.
Many
of
these
programs
are
offered
to
students
across
the
community
in
the
county.
AB
These
populations
face
daily
inequity
due
to
lack
of
affordable
health
care,
housing,
inflation,
etc,
and
according
to
the
nationalized
and
homelessness
and
2020
congregational
assessment,
african-americans
represent
13
percent
of
the
general
population,
but
account
for
39
of
the
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
more
50
percent.
More
than
50
percent
of
homelessness,
families
with
children
and
beloved
asheville
serves
a
diverse
population,
primary
primarily
including
these
populations.
AB
AC
Delta
houses
asking
for
support
of
our
after-school
program
and
that
program
is
delta
house
leap
for
success
and
leap
stands
for
learning
through
expanded
academics
and
arts
programs.
Through
this
program
we
will
provide
year-round
services
for
students,
100
students
in
grades
k
through
8
and
we're
partnering
with
asheville
city
schools.
AC
AC
Our
program
will
use
research-based
evidence
to
prove
to
improve
academic
proficiency,
social,
emotional
learning,
parents
engagement,
which
is
a
key
when
you
bring
the
parents
and
the
students
together,
it's
a
full
circle,
along
with
the
school
and
the
community
and
those
years.
We
have
done
that
and
we
have
been
able
to
see
progress
for
now.
AC
AC
AC
F
AC
AD
AD
It's
one
of
the
I
believe
it's
the
fifth
largest
achievement
gap
in
the
country,
so
the
positive
steps
program
is
for
students
ages,
11
to
18
to
improve
not
only
academically
but
social,
emotional
skills
and
some
awareness
of
business
metrics
in
order
to
not
only
exceed
academically
but
in
career
college
wherever
the
next
steps
take
them.
It
provides
a
lot
of
leadership
opportunities
to
build
skills
through
mentorship,
to
see
folks,
like
themselves
represented
and
able
to
succeed.
AD
In
order
to
build
those
skills,
there
will
be
things
such
as
aquatics
training
for
lifeguard
training
for
safety,
around
water
programming
for
business
management.
Those
kinds
of
skills
there'll
also
be
nutrition.
Education
to
help
help
guide
them
when
they're
on
their
own
it'll
take
place
from
august
to
december,
with
30
students
from
the
asheville
city
area.
AD
The
long-term
goal
is
to
ensure
that
they
are
gainfully
employed
after
they
complete
the
program
right
now
of
the
17
people
who
have
gone
through
the
program.
Six
have
already
gra
have
already
found
gainful
employment,
the
quality
mentorship
and
community
engagement.
We
know
has
a
powerful
impact
on
youth
across
personal,
academic
and
professional
situations.
AD
AE
Good
morning,
reed
to
succeed
was
founded
in
2010
by
lifelong
civil
rights
activist
isaac
coleman,
with
a
mission
to
help
close
the
race-based
opportunity
gap
through
community-powered
literacy
program
that
engages
children,
family
and
community
partners.
Educational
outcomes
for
black
children
are
a
function
of
their
unequal
access
to
vital
educational
resources
and
opportunities.
AE
AE
The
purpose
of
this
grant
is
to
fulfill
our
mission
of
community-powered
literacy
program
to
help
close
the
race-based
opportunity
gap
and
to
extend
our
partnership
with
the
eddington
center
and
to
support
black
families
by
training,
educating
and
supporting
the
staff.
Here
we
also
distribute
research-based
and
culturally
relevant
reading
materials
to
support
literacy
in
the
community
and
at
home,
read
to
succeed
connected
with
arthur
r
eddington
center
chosen
pods
in
mid-2021.
AE
The
eddington
center
serves
between
80
and
100
students
year-round
through
our
partnership.
We
have
rooted
and
blossomed
relationships
with
leadership,
staff
and
students
and
through
observations
and
listening
search,
listening
sessions,
program,
collaboration,
training
and
continuing
education
through
family
reading
events
with
families
and
students,
the
eddington
after
school
summer
program
staff
have
completed
over
450
hours
in
literacy,
training
and
continuing
education,
with
r2s
learning
the
fundamentals
of
how
children
learn
to
read
and
how
to
best
support
young
readers
in
after
school
and
summer
programming.
AE
Our
goal
is
to
support
students
in
making
gains
in
foundational
early
literacy
skills
across
the
school
year.
Letter
naming
phonemic
awareness,
phonics
reading
of
letter
sounds
and
of
whole
words.
We
also
hope
to
see
improved
motivation
and
confidence
in
reading
and
learning
among
the
students
here
at
eddington
center
as
an
effect
of
our
community
literacy
support
program.
Thank
you.
A
My
name
is
amanda
bryant,
I'm
the
executive
director
at
the
asheville
museum
of
science
and
we
strive
to
spark
imagination
and
foster
lifelong
curiosity
in
science,
technology,
engineering,
art
and
math,
also
known
as
steam.
We
do
this
through
museum
exploration
and
our
downtown
location
through
school
field
trips.
We
go
to
schools
and
support
their
in-school
programming
and
after-school
programs.
A
We
do
this
through
camps
and
through
our
steam
engine,
a
program
where
we
bring
this
type
of
education
to
our
partners,
we're
one
of
the
only
family
friendly
places
in
downtown
nashville,
and
we
know
that
museums
are
critical
to
the
success
of
a
healthy
community.
We
do
not
do
this
alone,
but
as
a
hub
for
our
community
partners
who
serve
our
community
in
such
meaningful
ways.
Many
of
you
who
are
on
the
call
today
and
I'm
honored
to
be
here
with
you-
stem
access,
saves
lives
and
it
enhances
lives.
A
We
also
know
that
by
2030,
80
of
all
jobs
will
require
stem
skills,
emphasizing
the
urgency
for
supplying
these
opportunities
to
our
community
youth.
The
partnership
would
allow
amos
the
opportunity
to
meet
students
where
they're
at
we
all
know
that
education
is
a
critical
factor
for
long-term
reduction
in
poverty
and
in
equity.
A
Many
stats
have
been
shared
today.
The
school
system
is
an
important
piece
of
this
solution,
but
schools
cannot
do
this
alone
and
they
do
not
work
in
a
vacuum.
They
need
additional
community
resources
where
whole
families
have
access
to
a
wide
variety
of
learning
opportunities
and
where
students
and
parents
alike
are
inspired
to
learn
and
achieve
higher
goals.
Amos
aims
to
address
this
opportunity
gap
in
asheville
by
empowering
more
residents
of
the
city
to
access
the
museum
and
its
education
programs.
A
Our
goal
is
to
provide
free
museum
admission
to
low
income.
Families
provide
low
to
no
cost
stem
outreach
programs
where
our
education
team
goes
throughout
the
community
and
supports
existing
programs.
Many
on
here
today,
including
attending
community
events
and
providing
low
to
no
cost
field
trips
to
our
area
school
system.
A
Our
field
trips
are
based
in
next-gen
standards
and
align
with
state
standards.
We
focus
on
topics
that
are
harder
to
teach
in
the
classroom:
climate
change,
sustainability,
weather
water
protection,
clean
water,
and
we
do
this
and
we
do
this
as
a
partner
with
educators
and
tailor
those
programs
based
on
their
needs.
A
AF
Hi,
I
am
representing
the
chosen
past
located
at
the
edmonton
center
chosen.
Pies
is
an
acronym
for
positive
opportunities
to
develop
success.
We
believe
that,
when
giving
our
youth
a
positive
opportunity,
we
are
then
giving
love,
hope
and
an
honest
chance,
not
just
within
our
program,
but
within
life.
Pods
is
also
a
reminder
of
our
purpose
and
what
we
strive
to
provide.
We
currently
serve
113
kids.
Our
targeted
population
are
the
youth
that
live
within
our
local
housing
communities.
AF
AF
Also,
our
staff
is
not
only
relatable
and
familiar,
but
they
also
are,
but
they
also
are
figures
that
our
kids
can
see
themselves
in.
We
train
our
staff
in
social
and
emotional
learning,
as
well
as
restorative
practices,
and
we
believe
in
meeting
our
children
where
they
are
by
providing
equity
before
equality
when
addressing
social
and
emotional
traumas
as
well
as
behaviors.
It
makes
it
easier
for
our
kids
to
then
focus,
learn
and
retain
information
during
their
academics.
AF
We
have
teamed
up
with
outside
professionals
and
different
resources,
who
have
also
helped
to
train
our
staff
and
give
the
necessary
tools
so
that
we
can
then
teach
our
children
in
areas
such
as
math
and
literacy.
This
has
been
applied
in
our
summer
program
schedules
currently
monday
through
thursday,
from
9
30
a.m
into
11
30
a.m.
These
services
also
continue
through
our
after
school
program,
which
then
we
also
provide
one-on-one.
AF
Tutoring
services
chosen
pods
serve
the
children
that
make
up
the
achievement
gap.
However,
we
do
our
best
to
obtain
the
resources
to
address
it.
Our
goal
is
progress.
Is
progress,
not
immediate
change?
In
closing,
as
an
asheville
native,
I
have
some
of
the
same
experiences
that
our
children
and
families
encounter
daily
in
this
community.
I'm
an
ashford
city,
schools,
alum.
I
have
also
attended
as
well
as
formerly
worked
in
local
after
school
programs
and
as
an
adult.
AF
I've
worked
in
many
settings
with
children
and
families
such
as
an
ia,
asheville
middle
school
and
now
as
one
of
the
asheville
city,
schools,
school
social
workers.
I
can
say
without
hesitation
that
this
program
is
one
of
the
few
spaces
that
people
of
color
can
be
their
authentic
selves
and
be
celebrated
not
just
tolerated.
N
Hi,
I'm
dawana
little,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
ymi
cultural
center.
We
are
known
for
supporting
several
youth
organizations
across
asheville
and
buncombe
counties,
being
very
intentional
about
the
support
of
youth
organizations
of
color.
We
are
and
right
now
in
the
midst
of
support
and
the
upfront
management
sports
youth
program
that
has
been
in
existence
for
over
22
years.
AG
AG
AH
Good
morning
my
name
is
robin
fraser
and
I'm
the
associate
executive
director
for
aspire
youth
and
family,
and
I
apologize.
My
camera
is
not
functioning
aspire.
Youth
and
family
has
two
programs
that
spf
funds
would
be
used
for.
The
first
is
our
kids
at
work
program
and
kids
at
work
focuses
on
interpersonal
skill
building
and
hands-on
culinary
training.
This
program
provides
soft
skills,
training,
mentorship
career
readiness,
as
well
as
a
vocational
training
aspect.
AH
The
interpersonal
skills
taught
have
proven
to
make
a
difference,
not
only
in
the
present
day,
life
of
youth,
be
it
at
home
or
in
their
school
environment,
but
also
in
their
ability
to
obtain
employment
and
maintain
success.
While
in
the
workforce,
the
technical
skills
learned
in
the
culinary
arts
portion
of
the
class
provide
a
solid
foundation
for
those
youth
to
maintain
this
game
from
employment.
AH
AH
Likewise,
the
connection
program
is
a
program
we
deliver
in
partnership
with
another
non-profit
creative
you,
which
is
our
audio
and
production
training
class
in
this
class.
Youth
learn
to
write
music,
create,
beats
edit
podcasts,
all
of
which
are
highly
marketable
skills
in
today's
world,
with
all
the
new
technology
that
is
coming
out.
This
skill
set
also
allows
youth
to
obtain
a
viable
income.
Now,
in
the
present,
they
don't
have
to
be
18
years
of
age
like
they
did
in
the
past.
AH
AH
These
skills
can
be
transferred
to
working
at
a
local
tv
station,
radio
station
or
being
the
audio
person
for
their
local
church
and
other
local
events,
and
they
can
also
help
out
with
youtube
productions.
Much
like
we
are
we
are
on
today,
so
we
help
to
broaden
their
exposure
and
give
them
skills
to
earn
a
living.
So
what
do
both
of
these
aspire?
Programs
have
in
common?
AH
AH
Both
of
our
programs
are
creating
more
opportunity
for
asheville
city,
kids
and
bringing
minority
youth
into
the
spotlight
and
equalizing
opportunities
for
everyone,
regardless
of
socioeconomic
status.
With
our
programs,
we
have
created
an
environment
of
engagement,
inclusivity
and
the
elimination
of
what
were
once
long-standing
barriers
for
asheville
city
youth,
enabling
these
years.
AH
AI
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
I'm
representing
asheville
writers
and
schools,
we've
been
an
organization
in
the
region
since
2011
with
the
mission
to
ignite
social
change
through
the
power
of
arts,
culture
and
restorative
self-expression.
We
do
that
through
three
primary
delivery
models.
AI
One
is
through
programs
that
we
host
and
implement
ourselves,
such
as
word
on
the
street,
which
has
been
in
operation
since
2016
program
that
brings
together
black
and
brown
teens
from
asheville
and
buncombe
county
schools
to
use
art
to
explore
the
world
around
them
and
to
share
their
voices.
We
also
operate
a
program
called
family
voices,
which
is
a
literacy
program
for
elementary
school
children
and
their
families.
We
do
this
at
particular
host
sites.
We've
done
it
in
the
past
at
sites
like
hall,
fletcher
and
iver
jones.
AI
V
N
AI
As
an
organization
is
to
develop
a
an
ecosystem
for
bipolar
arts
and
culture
in
this
region,
and
we
incorporate
a
heavy
dose
of
healing
into
it
as
a
matter
of
fact,
one
of
the
young
people
in
our
program
recently
spoke
to
one
of
the
healers.
That's
on
our
staff
and
said
you
know.
This
is
something
that
I
was
never
going
to
get
any
place
else
and
I'm
so
happy
to
have
it
here.
AI
AJ
AJ
Through
our
programming,
our
our
scholars
receive
two
hours
of
academic
support
daily
through
partnerships
with
organizations
like
literacy
together
and
with
paid
tutors.
We
provide
individual
and
small
group
support,
in
addition
to
academics,
ytl
partners
with
organizations
including
actual
writers
in
school
feast,
ashland
bikes
and
the
rosa
walker
initiative
to
provide
stem
education,
nutritional
education,
physical
education
and
arts,
education.
AJ
I
wanted
to
share
some
of
the
comments
that
we've
received
this
year
from
our
parents
and
our
teachers.
In
addition
to
doing
summer,
programming,
which
we
have
too
grace
for
teens
and
and
roses
and
moss,
we
also
do
after
school
programming
and
we
do
advocacy
programming.
I
had
to
come
out
the
building
quickly,
because
kids
are
really
loud,
so
these
comments
are
from
parents,
I
think
being
there
to
support
my
son,
helped
him
and
coming
to
the
teachers
meeting
helped
keep
him
in
school.
AJ
Having
that
communication
between
the
advocate
and
my
children's
teacher
and
myself
was
really
valuable,
so
we
employ
advocates
that
go
into
the
school
system.
They
work
with
teachers,
they
work
with
parents
and
they
pull
everyone
in
community
together
to
make
sure
that
the
students
that
they're
working
with
have
all
the
support
and
the
resources
that
they
need
from
some
of
the
teachers
that
we've
worked
with
in
the
past
year,
the
teacher
said
the
student
grew
in
reading.
She
worked
closely
with
ytl's
staff
at
staff
and
that
help
was
invaluable.
AJ
Another
teacher
said
the
student,
knowing
that
there
was
communication.
Accountability
between
the
adults
in
his
life
was
necessary
and
it
changed
the
dynamics.
Another
teacher
stated
elle
started
the
year
extremely
behind
in
academic
areas.
The
consistency
of
ytl
created
the
bridge
from
school
to
after
school
and
home
elle
did
more
homework
independent
reading
and
improved
her
foundation
of
learning.
AJ
AF
X
AK
Hello,
my
name
is
india
pearson.
I
am
the
finance
and
operations
deputy
here
over
at
green
opportunities.
Our
mission
is
to
empower
marginalized
communities
towards
sustainable
employment
through
training
service
and
support.
We
enable
through
education,
we
believe
in
personal
and
economic
empowerment.
AK
We
believe
in
the
power
of
community
and
we
love
fully
without
judgment,
so
we're
here
to
present
our
go
skilled
trades
program,
which
is
also
known
as
trades
academy.
It
started
as
a
pilot
program
in
april
of
2021,
where
we
offered
soft
skills,
training,
leadership,
development,
financial
literacy,
some
of
the
other
trainings
offered
was
in
solar,
carpentry
plumbing
painting
electrical.
AK
You
did
receive
your
first
aid
certification
and
an
osha
certification
so
because
of
the
pilot
success,
we'd
like
to
extend
our
programming
throughout
of
the
year.
Part
of
its
success
was
due
to
offering
of
stipends
the
paid
on
the
job,
training
and
apprenticeships
partnerships
and
the
creation
of
pathways
leading
to
employment
and
education
opportunities.
So
we
are
here
looking
for
funding
again
to
extend
our
program
and
offer
it
throughout
the
year.
B
Okay,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
to
our
presenters
for
being
with
us
today
and
for
all
of
you
that
stayed
on
to
here
such
great
and
wonderful
and
exciting
projects
and
hopes
for
the
community.
We
will
not
be
asking
any
questions
today
or
expecting
anything
else
of
you.
We
will
be
meeting
again.
I
believe
the
date
is
two
weeks
from
today
and
reviewing
this
so
once
again,
just
a
big
thank
you
and
a
special
thank
you
to
camilla
for
helping
us
with
translation
and
with
that
said,
we
are
adjourned.