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Study links gender-affirming IDs to improved mental health

October 4, 2020October 14, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments activism, IDs, LGBTQ, trans rights, trans students, transgender

Kendall Anthony-Busbee Advertising Editor kanthony@unca.edu Having one’s name and gender affirmed on IDs such as birth certificates, passports and driver’s

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News 

Social media acts as a double-edged sword in protests

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments activism, black lives matter, BLM, protests, social media

Courtney Garcia News Writer cgarcia1@unca.edu In the past several months, protests in Asheville have caught national and local attention. With

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Arts & Features Features 

How storytelling became David Novak’s tool for activism

April 4, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments activism, arts fest, storytelling

David Novak, founder of A Telling Experience brings his style of storytelling to campus for Arts Fest 2018, exploring the ways we differentiate heaven and Earth

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News Uncategorized 

March for Our Lives: Local students organize thousands to march against gun violence

March 30, 2018 Maggie Haddock 0 Comments activism, Asheville, downtown Asheville, gun violence, high school students, march for our lives, parkland, school shooting, UNC Asheville, unca

One high school student addresses a crowd of thousands at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in downtown Asheville. Through tears she reads the names of the victims of the school shooting she survived.

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News 

Activist Vandana Shiva comes to campus to talk about food security

October 24, 2017 Karen Lopez 0 Comments activism, agriculture, environmental activism, environmental awareness, Healthy Environment, unca

By Carrie Arnold Sports staff writer carnold1@unca.edu Vandana Shiva fought for 30 years to raise international awareness about environmental and

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Opinion 

Continued organized activism necessary post Women’s March

February 1, 2017February 3, 2017 Catherine Pigg 0 Comments activism, Asheville, protest, Trump Presidency, women's march

Continued activism following the Women’s March is necessary to truly make an impact throughout the next four years.

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Opinion 

Standing against oppression is key in light of the 2016 election

November 16, 2016 Megan Suggs 0 Comments activism, Election 2016

The results of the 2016 presidential election means that activists will have to fight harder.

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News 

“Go Granny D!” premieres at Bernie Sanders support event

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 Larisa Karr 0 Comments activism, America, Asheville, avl, Bernie Sanders, campus, college, Democratic Party, education, elections, government, local, nc, news, North Carolina, politics, presidential election, students, UNC Asheville, unca, uncavl, USA, Will Quanstrom, wnc

Jessica Williamson                                  Will Quanstrom

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News 

Activists spread awareness through art

November 6, 2013November 6, 2013 admin-lescherer 0 Comments activism, beehive collective, central america, fair tradea

By Cory A. Thompson – coryetc@gmail.com – staff writer A traveling group of artists and environmental activists known as the Beehive Collective 

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Opinion 

Young activists should take cues from “Kony 2012” viral hit

April 3, 2013April 3, 2013 opinion-editor 0 Comments activism, avl, invisible children, joseph kony, kony, kony2012, North Carolina, unca

By Maayan Schechter – Opinion Editor – mschecht@unca.edu Because Joseph Kony did not abduct, rape and kill thousands of American

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