Southside Rising For Justice
133 Livingston St
Asheville, NC 28801
USA
Southside Rising For Justice is a family-friendly community celebration featuring food, music, cultural performances and hands-on interactive social justice activities for residents of the neighborhood. On July 14 from 1pm – 9pm at the Arthur Edington Center (133 Livingston St), numerous community partners will join with Southside residents and businesses to rise for a future that ensures everyone has a beautiful and healthy place to live, work, and play.
Southside Rising For Justice will feature live music in the garden pavilion with performances by local artist Lyric and many others. There will be a supervised activity area for kids with crafts, games and plenty of space to play. A community marketplace will feature food and goods from local vendors plus interactive arts activities and representatives from community organizations. In addition, a special performance by the No Kapp Dance Team will be followed by a creative strategy session to develop an increased level of social cohesion and steps for community development.
Uniting community residents, partners and allies through food, cultural arts and civic engagement, Southside Rising For Justice is a day to build community pride and channel it towards co-created strategies for putting justice first in health of mind and body, policies that impact our lives, sustainable community practices and economic mobility. Join us as we rise.