Green New Deal Town Hall: Asheville

Start: Saturday, May 04, 2019• 5:00 PM

Who stands to benefit from the Green New Deal? What's at stake? Sunrise Movement is bringing our vision for a Green New Deal to every corner of America with hundreds of town halls across the country, and on May 4th, we'll be in Asheville.

We're building an army of young people to stop climate change and create millions of jobs in the process. The Green New Deal will address the twin crises of climate change and runaway inequality with the urgency and scale that science and justice demand.

We'll hear from youth and leaders in our community, drawing stories from grassroots social and environmental justice movements as we seek to build collective power for economic transition in Appalachia.

The Green New Deal is the biggest opportunity of our lifetime to invest in the American people. We'll share what that looks like for us in Appalachia: jobs, climate, infrastructure, socio-economic justice, racial justice, and more.

We're proud to present a spectrum of voices from our community, including students, transit union leaders and activists, community gardens, workforce training, and more.
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As we feel the drastic impacts of an affordable housing crisis, an inefficient transit system, lack of good-paying jobs, and an overall inability for the poor and working class people of Asheville and western NC to make ends meet, the Green New Deal is a concept that we should discuss from the ground up. This event will stress the need for coalition-building in order to win political power, for the good of the community.
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Daniel Suber (he/his) is a UNC-Asheville student who works with Word on the Street. He previously served on the board of Green Opportunities and has previously participated in one of their programs.
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Clay Swan-Davis (she/her) is an Asheville High School student and Sunrise member involved with Brother Wolf, Young Democrats, Our Voice, and many others.
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Dean Wortas (they/them) is a SILSA student and Sunrise member, as well as a LGBTQ+ activist.
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Diane Cook Allen is the President of the ATU Local 128 Transit Union, bus operator, and transit advocate for Better Buses Together.
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Kim Roney (she/her) is a piano teacher, musician, server and activist living in West Asheville. She’s an advisor on Asheville's Multimodal Transportation Commission and Transit Committee, and volunteers with Just Economics & Better Buses Together.
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Ponkho Bermejo (he/his) is a community activist with BeLoved and actively involved in the 15 community gardens throughout Asheville in poor, marginalized communities.
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Eric Howell (he/his) is the YouthBuild Program Coordinator at Green Opportunities and former 2014 graduate of GO’s former Built Environment training program.