City of Asheville announces recipients of racial healing mini-grants

Asheville -- City of Asheville Community News: January 21, 2020 The City of Asheville is pleased to announce the recipients

of Asheville racial healing mini-grants. This is the second year funding has been made available.  The City received 29 applications and selected nine.  The mini-grants represent a total community investment of $40,000. 

The following organizations will receive funding:

Operation Gateway (Collaborative project: Workforce Development/YMI Cultural Center and Change Agent Cooper LLC)
West Buncombe Community Organizing
Center for Participatory Change
SecretHypeMan’s Music Edutainment Racial Healing Project
Race Relations Station
Clinicians Of Color Movement
Matic Flow Yoga and Wellness Racial Equity and Healing Justice Project
Artists Designing Evolution (adé PROJECT)
Delta House Life Development of Asheville, Inc.
 

These grants are intended to: 

Invest in projects already established in the community.
Intentionally provide financial support to community members/groups who are already working toward racial healing.
Build toward a more trusting relationship between City government and those who have been disenfranchised and underinvested in by local government.
 

The mini-grants are fully funded from the City of Asheville’s Office of Equity and Inclusion budget.