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The AIDS United Southern Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS Initiative has awarded 11 Carolina organizations with critical, innovative, advocacy project funding to advance the rights, health and dignity of people affected by HIV/AIDS. Support came from the Ford Foundation which has done so for the last 10 years.
The Blue Ridge Pride Center, 121 College St., has begun its partnership with The EqualityCard Project, with a share of the proceeds returned to the center for its programs and sustenance.
As 2015 gets put to bed in a couple of weeks, many of the community’s organizations and its leaders have dreams about their future or that of the world at large. Some of these wishes may be easily achieved, but others can take longer and will require much more effort.
OUTright Youth of Catawba Valley will hold its Fifth Annual Evening of Distinction, “Silhouettes on a Winter’s Evening,” on Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m., at Cafe Rule & Wine Bar, 242 11th Ave. N.E.
’Tis the season to be jolly, hang the wreath and string the holly. Or, it could be one that is observed by lighting candles, spinning a dreidle (a top-like object which is used as a game) and eating latkes (potato pancakes). Whatever your spiritual beliefs are, there is a cornucopia of options available to make the winter holiday season be one filled with hope and joy.
Activist Jasmine Beach-Ferrara filed her candidacy; organization’s board names new members.
The Council on Aging of Buncombe County and Western North Carolina Medical Society are joining up to hold a LGBT Health Fair in Asheville, aimed at helping the community get proper health coverage. In conjunction with the open enrollment period of the Health Insurance Marketplace (HIM), the event will take place on Tuesdays, November 17 from …
The Southeastern Council of Foundations’ 46th Annual Meeting, “Bridging the Gap — Finding Common Ground to Create Uncommon Opportunity,” will be held from Nov. 11-13 at the Omni Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave.
Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., is contributing 10 percent of every sale to Youth OUTright until the end of October.
