East Fork aims to use our power, resources, and platform to build co-conspiratorial relationships with grassroots justice movements to help achieve a more equitable world.
Our Community Partners are grassroots organizations or individuals working toward racial equity, community reconciliation and supporting the liberation of folks who’ve been systematically oppressed by white supremacy, patriarchy, and heteronormativity.
In 2024, we used belonging as our guiding principle when choosing organizations to form relationships with because we know how vital it is for everyone to feel safe and rooted in their identities.
Currently, due to the impact of Hurricane Helene on Western North Carolina we are splitting all donations between three grassroots organizations on the ground getting aid and supplies to our region's most impacted folks. You can read about them below ...
Equal Plates Project
We’re excited to partner with Equal Plates Project! By sourcing directly from local farmers, Equal Plates cooks and shares meals to grow community resilience. By purchasing at least 50% of their ingredients from small, local farms, Equal Plates is able to keep important resources within the community and offer high-quality, scratch-made meals with dignity to our neighbors and community organizations.
With food insecurity on the rise in our region, organizations like Equal Plates play a vital role in mitigating the harmful, long-lasting impacts of hunger and poverty.
Poder Emma
Poder Emma, along with Colaborativa La Milpa, are gathering essential resources to deliver directly to families in need in the Emma community, especially those living in mobile home parks. In the early days since the storm has passed, Poder Emma has been able to reach around 3,000 people a day and is aiming to get to even more.
Through collaboration with local organizations like Únete, Umoja, Operation Gateway, Tierra Fértil, and Tepeyac Mountain Sanctuary, they’re working tirelessly to expand relief efforts and ensure that no one is left behind. Poder Emma is accepting supply and monetary donations at the link below to continue to support their own through this crisis.
Stay up to date on how you can support Poder Emma on their Instagram.
BeLoved Asheville
BeLoved Asheville jumped in immediately to provide essential aid to support those affected most by Hurricane Helene. They are working round the clock to provide basic necessities to those in the community that do not have access to things like food, water, diapers, formula, cooking supplies, hygiene products, and so much more. From the beginning, Beloved has been boots-on-the-ground, caring for our city and will continue to do so to care for the most vulnerable.
BeLoved is accepting monetary donations as well as supply donations at 32 Old Charlotte Hwy in Asheville. They are also looking for volunteers if you are in the area and able.
Follow BeLoved Asheville on Instagram for updates and current needs.
PayPal: BeLovedAsheville
Venmo: @BeLoved-Asheville
We use selling Seconds as an opportunity to raise funds for our quarterly Community Partners. At checkout, you’ll be able to leave a voluntary donation that will go directly to Equal Plates.
This helps us habitualize wealth-spreading practices, and you can join us in creating healthier, equitable communities. We hope that by saving money through purchasing discounted Seconds, you’re inspired to spread some wealth to organizations with a good cause.
Seconds are pots with flaws that occur as an unavoidable part of ceramics manufacturing. We sell them at a discount because they're not a representation of our best work and quality, but they are still functional and food-safe. We’d rather see Seconds sprucing up your table than headed for the landfill.
Seconds are made available 3-4 times a year when we announce our Community Partners. We also host in-person Seconds Pop-ups across the country to raise awareness for our Community Partners.
We hope you choose to learn more about our Community Partners’ work, discover similar organizations where you live, and give or volunteer as you’re able. New partnerships are announced every season.
2024: Raíces
We partnered with Raíces Emma-Erwin in April to June 2024 to support their vision of creating a united and integrated community where there is respect and security for children and their families.
Through summer camps, dance performances, and fun after school activities facilitated in Spanish, Raíces supports the process of inclusion and recognition of Latino families in the Emma community and the Erwin school district in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
2024: Youth OUTright
From January to March 2024, we partnered with Youth OUTright to support their advocacy work and the co-creation of safe, joyful, and empowering spaces for Queer and Trans youth between the ages of 11-24 who call western North Carolina home.
Youth OUTright’s mission is to create a world in which all Queer and Trans youth are supported to realize their power and autonomy through self-determination. They help youth resist oppression by building community, healing, and growing together.
2023 Community Impact
2022 Community Impact
If you have questions about community partnerships and donations you can contact [email protected].
