{"id":223035,"date":"2019-12-07T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T18:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/?p=223035"},"modified":"2019-12-07T13:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T18:17:07","slug":"local-asheville-businesses-support-lgbtq-equality-with-shop-for-equality-on-december-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolinarainbownews.org\/?p=223035","title":{"rendered":"Local Asheville Businesses Support LGBTQ Equality with \u201cShop for Equality\u201d on December 10, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Adam Polaski | 610.306.7956 | adam@southernequality.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Murray | 828.242.1559 | al@southernequality.org<\/a>
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Local Asheville Businesses Support LGBTQ Equality with \u201cShop for Equality\u201d on December 10, 2019<\/strong>
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Asheville, NC \u2013 On December 10<\/strong>, more than 45 Asheville-area businesses will participate in Shop for Equality, a day of giving to benefit the Campaign for Southern Equality\u2019s (CSE), an Asheville-based non-profit that promotes full LGBTQ equality across the South.
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Now in its third year, Shop for Equality<\/strong><\/a> is a daylong event that highlights local LGBTQ-friendly businesses and raises funds for CSE\u2019s work. Many of Asheville\u2019s most beloved shops and restaurants are participating by donating at least five percent of the day\u2019s sales to CSE.
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Jasmine Beach-Ferrara of the Campaign for Southern Equality said today:
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\u201cWe are so grateful to all of the participating businesses for leading with their values and taking action to support our vision of a South where all LGBTQ people can thrive. Shop for Equality is an opportunity each year for the Asheville community to come together and build the future that we want and need \u2013 a future where LGBTQ people can feel affirmed, secure, safe, and free to be who they are. Our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality is ready to put the proceeds raised from Shop for Equality to work in 2020, including by offering free legal clinics, training health service providers, and providing grants to grassroots LGBTQ organizers.\u201d
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We\u2019ll celebrate the day-long Shop for Equality event with a Sip for Equality Happy Hour<\/strong><\/a> at Urban Orchard (South Slope) that evening, December 10, from 7-9pm, at 24 Buxton Avenue. All are welcome at this free event.
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Participating businesses include those listed below. To follow the growing list of \u201cShop For Equality\u201d partners, visit: www.southernequality.org\/shopforequality<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>
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