The Many Faces of Asheville trip explores the contemporary and historic immigrant community in Asheville and Buncombe County.  Features of the trip include a short downtown walking tour including historic immigrant and African American communities, a visit to Southside Cemetery, a stop at Stephens-Lee alumni center, and discussions at diverse houses of worship in Asheville.  Teachers can receive .6 CEUs (6 hours) for participation.
 

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:30am-3:30pm
Cost for teachers: $25
Cost for non educators: $35
Includes trip, activity bus, and lunch.

 

Please fill out our registration form.
If you have questions please call Deborah at 828-232-5024 or email dmiles@unca.edu

 

 

 

More about The Many Faces Tour
 

As part of the Many Faces of Asheville Bus Tour we will visit 3 houses of worship including either Beth Israel (House of Israel) or Beth Ha Tephila (House of Prayer) in Asheville. Each congregation is over 100 years old with 150 – 250 families counted in the membership. There is also a Jewish Community Center that was founded over 70 years ago. Asheville is perhaps the smallest city in the US to support a Jewish Community Center. Do you have anything about to share about the Jewish community in the South? 

 

 

 

We will also visit either Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox or St. Lawrence Basilica.  Both bring classic architecture and strong communities to our region. The Greek community in Asheville began over 100 years ago.
St. Lawrence Basilica was designed by Rafael Guastavino and hosts a Spanish Mass each Sunday night at 5:00 pm.  What will be the impact of the growth of the Latino community on the Catholic Church in the US in the coming years?

 

 

Islamic Center. In the 1990’s Asheville was host to the beginnings of the Muslim community in WNC with the opening of the Center in downtown. Now they have their own building and host prayer services every Friday at Noon. To learn more visit – web site here. Do you have anything to share about the Muslim community in the South?

 

 

 

Part of this tour will include a walking tour of downtown Asheville. While on the tour we will talk about Helen Lewis who founded the NC Women’s Suffrage Movement in Asheville in 1893 on the steps of the courthouse. She was inspired to do that after having visited the Women’s Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Chicago? What is the value of women gathering together in one place to effect change? 

 

 

 

We are in the process of scanning over 100 student journals from children in Uganda. The books were collected by Carrie Wagner. Carrie wrote Village Wisdom, Immersed in Uganda, Inspired by Job, Changed for Life.

 

"This is a memoir offered with humility and heart, and for some of us lucky enough to read it, it carries a certain measure of discomfort. We are reminded of the magnitude of global need, and how little most of us do to meet it, and the opportunities we are mising in the process. It may well be that the resulting unease is the greatest single gift of this book"

                                                                              ~Frye Gailard