The UPLift with Tzedek: Real Talk for Real Change
Welcome to The UPlift - Real Talk for Real Change! We're here to build authentic community relationships and help fuel social transformation in Asheville, NC, believing collective liberation is not only possible but probable as we share, listen, and learn together.
The Tzedek Social Justice Fund is a social justice philanthropy fund that redistributes money, resources, and power to support systems change and community healing in Asheville, North Carolina. Through adaptive, trust-based philanthropy, we resist oppressive systems and work to transform our collective home into a place where everyone flourishes. We fund mission-aligned work centering LGBTQ Justice, Racial Justice, and/or Dismantling Antisemitism; this means we give money to organizations and individuals invested in creating a more fair, equitable, and flourishing society.
We dream of a thriving Asheville where everyone's needs are abundantly met - where everyone is safe, respected, and celebrated. We believe that a community rooted in joy and love is possible - that is, if we can connect and build our shared vision on the value that liberation is for all.
Sound good to you? We hope so!
Let's be real. Let's go deep. Let's get liberated.
The UPLift with Tzedek: Real Talk for Real Change
Latest Episodes
Small Wins, Big Power: Organizing for Change
A meeting to update an emergency plan. New funding to improve neighborhood food access. An organizer learning to say, “I need some help.”None of these is a finish line. All of them are wins.This month, Tera Coffey sits down...
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Soul Food: Cultivating Community Power
Hungry for change? What if food is one of the most powerful ways to subvert the status quo?This month, we sit down with Lydia Koltai and Anna Tibbetts of Southside Community Farm to dig into food sovereignty, ancestral knowledge, ...
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Power Play: Mission Over Ego | Shared Leadership in Practice
Can sharing power make organizations stronger?About 20% of nonprofits have embraced a co-leadership model to increase organizational capacity, efficiency, and transparency—if the right conditions are in place.* Of course,...
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