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February 2019
Lunch and Learn with Homeward Bound
The program includes a short film, from an award winning director, depicting one woman’s journey from homelessness to housing followed by a panel discussion on Women and Homelessness. Lunch will be provided. Panel of Experts: Donna Ball, Former Homeward Bound Client; Micah Krempasky, MD, of Psychiatry & Neurology at Copestone; Sharon Blythe, Homeward Bound Room in the Inn Director; Emily Ball, Homeward Bound Program Director For more information contact Eleanor Ashton at eleanor@homewardboundwnc.org Sponsored by Mobilia/Four Corners and Hedy Fischer, Cultural Pollinator and co-owner of PinkDog Creative…
Find out more »An Evening with Dr. Darin Waters
Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville would like to invite you to An Evening with Dr. Darin Waters at 6:30 PM on February 28. The event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are required.Dr. Waters’ talk is sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County, in honor of Black History Month. Darin Waters, PhD, will examine America’s collective memory in remembering its past. As the Confederate-monument controversy swirls across the South, Waters will reflect upon…
Find out more »March 2019
MemoryCare Caregiver Education Program
A series of six lectures will be provided for caregivers of persons with memory disorders. Sessions are designed to improve caregiver understanding of different aspects of dementia care. The course will be led by Margaret Noel, MD with guest speakers Caroline Knox (attorney) and Mary Donnelly (MemoryCaregivers Network Coordinator). This program is being offered at two different locations at two different times; see the event on March 14 for information about the other session. There is no fee for caregivers…
Find out more »Community Resilience Related to Climate
Community Resilience Related to Climate: Moving from Research to Application Wednesday, March 6, Reuter Center, Room 102 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Speaker: James Fox (Director, UNC Asheville's NEMAC) One of the pillars of the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is a process, the Steps to Resilience, which emphasizes a sequence of procedures and actions for local decision-making. The process includes inventorying assets and their associated climate-related hazards; conducting exposure, vulnerability and risk analyses; examining options to build resilience; and prioritizing…
Find out more »MemoryCare Caregiver Education Program
A series of six lectures will be provided for caregivers of persons with memory disorders. Sessions are designed to improve caregiver understanding of different aspects of dementia care. The course will be led by Margaret Noel, MD with guest speakers Caroline Knox (attorney) and Mary Donnelly (MemoryCaregivers Network Coordinator). This program is being offered at two different locations at two different times; see the event on April 1 for information about the other session. There is no fee for caregivers…
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