The Tzedek Impact Awards, offered through the Tzedek Social Justice Fund, recognizes community members who have worked to shift policies, affect cultural change, and respond to immediate needs for those who have…
Accepting Applications for the Third Round of 2021 Tzedek Impact Awards
Celebrating Tzedek Grantees: Youth Transformed for Life (YTL)
Since 2014, Youth Transformed for Life (YTL) has offered innovative programming that supports Asheville’s Black and Brown youth to grow and thrive. Here are just a few ways YTL is a life-changing…
Liberation from the Inside Out
By Lindsay Majer I imagine our pause for the cause has looked like an eleven-month vacation. We did not welcome a new cohort of Fellows. We haven’t hosted lunch and learns or…
Building a Shared Analysis
While our community-based research unfolds, AMKRF is building a shared analysis. What is a shared analysis and what does building a shared analysis look like? Through individual reflection, staff dialogue, and deep…
Amy’s Story: Using Privilege to Promote Equity Part ONE
One of the great joys of my life is hearing the stories of people I admire and appreciate. So many friends, grantees, staff, consultants, and leaders in movement work have trusted me…
A People’s History of 37 Montford
In November 2016, AMKRF and the Tzedek Fellowship established a physical office for the first time at 37 Montford Avenue. Currently, Asheville is one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in the…
Research, Participate, Act: An Interview with Davia Young
Davia Young believes in the power of the collective. It’s this belief that inspires her work as a participatory action researcher, a research method that centers community inquiry and social change. Davia…