by Beacon Media | Oct 24, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Education, Elections, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina State Politics
By Lili Jones, Sam Ogburn and Lydia Pate When we said “climate change is real,” this is what we meant. When we said that inaction would cost us, this is what we were afraid of. When we were told to calm down, to compromise, to be patient, we grew frustrated. We were...
by Jeremy Markovich | Oct 15, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Jeremy Markovich, Local Organizing, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural, Uncategorized, Western North Carolina
In Black Mountain town leaders are getting information out with a method that’s been around for centuries. By Jeremy Markovich N.C. Rabbit Hole I’ve been doomscrolling quite a bit lately, mostly because there seems to be no end to pictures of the destruction...
by Beacon Media | Oct 8, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina State Politics, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics, Western North Carolina
Organizer Nancy Weaver, who lives on multigenerational land, wants to make sure government dollars are spent on those who most need them By Nancy Weaver One Sunday morning in November of 1977, my little sister Ann woke us up and said “The field is full of...
