Advocate

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Let's talk about a remarkable initiative making waves in Asheville and Buncombe County: Community Schools. You may be thinking, “I know you all are…
Friday, August 11, 2023
Advocacy Message from Angela Williams, President and CEO of United Way World Wide   United Way Worldwide is currently advocating in support of the…
Thursday, August 3, 2023
In the heart of 2023, something truly remarkable happened. A community rallied together in a united effort to ensure that local students had the…
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Both new and familiar faces trickled onto the field as Journeymen’s Executive Director Skylar Wilson guided students Rowan and  Clayton in their…
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
For more than 50 years, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County (UWABC) has operated an information and referral call center, speaking directly…
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
  The Asheville Chamber of Commerce has been an incredible force in this community for 125 years and for much of their history they have supported…
Friday, May 5, 2023
  The following is an advocacy alert from the Success Equation which is the advocacy arm of Children First/Communities In Schools. United Way of…
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
For more than 100 years, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County (UWABC) has demonstrated a fierce commitment to addressing poverty and injustice…
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Three hundred students; not showing up for class and unaccounted for by their perspective schools. During the onset of the COVID- pandemic, that…