@kimroney.bsky.social
(she/her) • City Councilor • Music Educator • Neighbor/Settler • Queer • Abolitionist • Transit Commuter 📍 ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ (Asheville), ancestral land of ᏣᎳᎩ (Cherokee)
I’m so grateful for Spencer Beals, the local artist who drew this epic poster visualizing my commitment to taking better care of each other and our mountain home as your candidate for Mayor of Asheville!
Join the movement: kimroney4asheville.com/contact/
#KimRoneyforMayor #KimRoneyforAsheville
Right now, agenda setting includes behind-the-scenes, “check ins.” Fully staffed but without minutes, Council support is pre-counted in a series of meetings designed to avoid public record.
The City of Asheville can save time, resources, and trust by putting these items on a public agenda.
Special Edition Mayor Monday Minute, Part 1: The Agenda
Learn more on my commitment to transparency and open meetings policy as a candidate for mayor at KimRoney4Asheville.com
#mondayminute #civics #civics101 #cityhall #KimRoneyforAsheville #KimRoneyforMayor
The Trump Admin's secret police are using harmful surveillance technology to track our whereabouts.
Local govts are the last line of defense for our right to privacy & safety.
https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-us-border-patrol-is-spying-on-millions-of-american-drivers/
Asheville Edition: We Ain’t Buying It! Info and #ShopLocal Guide
📢 Mass Blackout: No Target, Home Depot, or Amazon
🗓️ November 25th – December 2nd – and beyond!
➡️ Scan QR code or visit kimroney4asheville.com/2025/11/we-a... for more info on why #WeAintBuyingIt!
The Asheville Holiday Parade hosted by @avldowntown was a delight!
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From hate crimes and legislation based in hate to the disproportionate outcomes in social determinants of health, transphobia in all its forms must be intentionally ended.
This is what love requires.
#TDoR #transdayofrememberance #transresilience
The resolution was not put on the City Council agenda last night. This pause is not a stop: "We will continue to move together. Seguiremos avanzando juntos."
19.11.2025 13:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Update: the resolution did not make it onto the Council agenda. More info coming soon.
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From our educators: “Urgent: Email City Council Members and County Commissioners by tomorrow, 11.18, to urge them to pass a resolution to protect our schools and communities from ICE activity on school, city, or county property. We need policy to protect our communities!” - ACAE & BCAE
18.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0En español: Linea comunitaria disponible 24/7
Para reportar posibles ICE o Checkpoints, CIMA envía verificadores para confirmar estos reportes.
➡️ Revise el Facebook de CIMA para actualizaciones
☎️ Llame a la línea directa si lo vez publicado
1(888)839 2839
24/7 Community Hotline (en español en los comentarios…)
To report possible ICE or Checkpoints, CIMA sends verifiers to confirm these reports.
➡️ Check the CIMA Facebook page for updates
☎️ Call hotline if what you see is not posted
1(888)839-2839
An homage to Andrea Clarke, with the opportunity to donate to Slay the Mic in her honor: amiworthen.com/2025/11/14/h...
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Spread the word: Health Resources in Asheville & WNC
Info and links here: kimroney4asheville.com/2025/11/heal...
#health #healthshare #medicareforall #salud #Asheville
Losing Our Soul: Why Asheville’s Black Population Keeps Shrinking by #Asheville Watchdog
🗓️ Wed., Nov. 12th: 6:30-8pm
📍 Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center: 285 Livingston St
➡️ Free with registration: bit.ly/3WRBmnX
#gentrification #displacement #urbanrenewal #redlining #Blackhistory
City manager hiring update: the process, who’s involved, and narrowing down candidates before current manager retires in December. This includes closed sessions, legal meetings of full Council allowed for personnel issues.
#executivesearch #civics #civics101 #MondayMinute #Asheville
• AHOPE (19 Anne St): parejas y personas con mascotas
Lînea de Tránsito: WE1 / WE2 / W5
☎️ Línea de confirmación: (828)398-6011
🚍 Tarifa de autobús gratuita hacia y desde el refugio durante el código morado.
❄️ Código Púrpura: Clima Extremo
• Salvation Army (204 Haywood St) para hombres solteros
Lînea de Tránsito: WE1 / WE2 / W5
• Transformation Village: para mujeres y niños
Lînea de Tránsito: W2
En español - Código morado: Refugio de invierno 2025-26
🗓️ Cada noche: Safe Shelter
• Mujeres y Niños: 27 Balm Grove
• Hombres: 91 New Leicester Hwy
Continuum of Care llama al color púrpura frío para temperaturas inferiores a 32 grados (por debajo de 40 grados si llueve o nieva)
☎️ Code Purple Message line: (828)398-6011
🚍 Free bus fare to and from shelter during code purple
Cold purple is called by Continuum of Care for temps below 32-degrees (below 40-degrees if rain/snow)
❄️ Code Purple: Extreme Weather
• Salvation Army (204 Haywood St) for single men
Transit line: WE1 / WE2 / W5
• Transformation Village: women & children
Transit line: W2
• AHOPE (19 Anne St): couples and people with pets
Transit line: WE1 / WE2 / W5
Code Purple & Winter Shelter 2025-2026 (En español abajo...)
🗓️ Nightly Winter Shelter: Safe Shelter
• Women & Children: 27 Balm Grove
• Men: 91 New Leicester Hwy
Share and save this post! The Continuum of Care has coordinated with @safeshelteravl for nightly shelter this winter, in addition to code purple during extreme temperatures.
#homelessness #shelter #emergencyshelter #Asheville
• Food Connection’s Beyond the Bus Line in Candler, Fairview, Leicester, Swannanoa & Weaverville: food-connections.org
• ABCCM Pantry Locations & Meal Schedules: abccm.org
• Swannanoa Christian Ministry: svcblackmountain.org
• Free Fridge AVL: Southside Farm & South French Broad Ave.
Asheville votes in 2026, but cities across North Carolina are voting today by 7:30pm!
Link to Mountain Xpress candidate questionnaires for:
• Woodfin: mountainx.com/2025-electio...
• Weaverville: mountainx.com/news/politic...
#vote #localelections #localmatters #WNC
3. Stable food systems include production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. Volunteer opportunities with Bountiful Cities include maintaining and growing the Community Garden Network. Let’s get our hands dirty building food systems! www.bountifulcities.org
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2. Education: What is food sovereignty? La Vía Campesina defines food sovereignty as “the right of Peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.” Sharing is caring!
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1. Food security is part of economic, racial, and climate justice. We destigmatize and disrupt poverty through both giving and receiving mutual aid. Set a date on your calendar to share time and resources!
03.11.2025 18:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🧵 1/ People deserve stable #foodsystems and food sovereignty! While we mobilize emergency #food distribution during the SNAP funding pause, let’s also stay busy addressing the literal root causes of #foodinsecurity:
#foodsystem #communitygarden #communitygardens #Asheville #MondayMinute
Thank you for sharing and caring!
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