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  Snapshot of the 11 Democracy School classes
  Snapshot of the classes (subject to change)


How to support the local [[farm to table economy]]
How to support the local [[farm to table economy]]
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The [[history of settlement and power]] in the place where you live.
The [[history of settlement and power]] in the place where you live.


How to use [[giving to invest]] to become a more powerful giver, and how to do it in your trust circle, from Sunday School class to civic club to junior high ecology class.


[[Workforce housing solutions]] so that people don’t have to drive 40 miles for a restaurant job
[[Workforce housing solutions]] so that people don’t have to drive 40 miles for a restaurant job

Revision as of 10:51, 29 February 2024

Act Local School, a local, experimental project of Neighborhood Economics [1] in partnership with Warren Wilson College [2] and the Asheville Poverty Initiative [3] Planned start in March, 2024.

It is led by the father daughter team of Kevin Doyle Jones and B.J. Jones


Snapshot of the classes (subject to change)

How to support the local farm to table economy

Silver tsunami in North Carolina

Rural Health, Mission Hospital

The history of settlement and power in the place where you live.


How to use giving to invest to become a more powerful giver, and how to do it in your trust circle, from Sunday School class to civic club to junior high ecology class.

Workforce housing solutions so that people don’t have to drive 40 miles for a restaurant job


How to bridge the red blue divide


How to subvert redlining in your community with allies like Strongtowns chapters and a local board of realtors.

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