News & Events - Pisgah Legal Services

What do coffee and justice have in common?

Posted On 05/04/201805/04/2018 by Evie White

What do coffee and justice have in common? Pisgah Legal Services. May 18th is the day your cup of coffee can do a whole lot more than just wake you up. Java for Justice is a fund- and friend-raising event…

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New Exhibit Illustrates Impact of Evictions

Posted On 04/24/201804/24/2018 by Evie White

A new exhibit at Washington, D.C.’s National Building Museum is based on Matthew Desmond’s book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” Desmond, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was last year’s speaker at the Pisgah Legal Services’ Poverty Forum. Hear…

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Pisgah Legal marks 40 years of fighting for justice – for all

Posted On 04/17/201804/17/2018 by Evie White

Read this opinion piece in the Asheville Citizen-Times by PLS Board President Lee Anne Mangone.

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Thank You, Chiesa!

Posted On 04/10/201804/24/2018 by Evie White

Thank you to Chiesa for choosing Pisgah Legal Services to be April’s Community Box recipient! Come on down to their cozy neighborhood restaurant, enjoy homemade pasta, and make a donation to help improve lives of low-income folks in WNC. Chiesa will match…

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2017 Annual Report is here!

Posted On 03/29/2018 by Evie White

40th Anniversary Annual Report is here and will be arriving in the mail soon. Read it here first.

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Brews to Benefit Pisgah Legal – March 29

Posted On 03/26/2018 by Evie White

Join us at The Wedge Brewery on Thursday, March 29! Join Anchor QEA and The Wedge in supporting the work of Pisgah Legal! $1 of every Iron Rail IPA purchase will be donated to help low-income folks in WNC meet their basic…

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Jazz for Justice and 40th Anniversary Celebration

Posted On 03/13/2018 by Evie White

Pisgah Legal’s Jazz for Justice will feature gourmet food and drink, live jazz entertainment by The Rich Willey Jazz Band, special remarks from Gene Nichol and an award ceremony to honor our supporters dedicated to providing free civil legal aid…

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Immigration Lunch & Learn – March 23

Posted On 03/13/201803/13/2018 by Evie White

Join Pisgah Legal Services immigration law experts for a lunch session to learn how changes to immigration policies and enforcement are affecting our neighbors. Friday, March 23rd | 12-1:30pm Trinity Episcopal Church 60 Church St.| Downtown Asheville Suggested Donation: $10/person Lunch provided by Green Opportunities…

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Feb. 16 Landlord/Tenant Law & Ethics CLE

Posted On 02/12/201802/13/2018 by Evie White

28th Judicial District Bar Current Topics in Landlord/Tenant Law & Ethics CLE February 16, 2018 – 8:30am -1:15pm First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church Street, Asheville, NC 28801 Pisgah Legal Services and the 28th Judicial District Bar will co-host a Landlord/Tenant…

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Rhubarb Hosts Evening to Kick-Off 40th Anniversary

Posted On 02/09/2018 by Evie White

Chef John Fleer of Rhubarb hosted a special evening of drinks and hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the start of Pisgah Legal Services’ 40th Anniversary year. During the event, PLS attorney Anne Salter shared client stories about Pisgah Legal’s recent medical-legal…

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Our Global Table Event

Posted On 01/10/201801/19/2018 by Evie White

A Benefit to Help our Immigrant Neighbors Join us January 20 as we transform Habitat Tavern & Commons (174 Broadway St.) to an international food court for an afternoon. Sample a passport’s worth of international flavor, made lovingly by our…

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The 2017 Winter Newsletter is Here!

Posted On 12/11/201712/11/2017 by Evie White

The new newsletter is hitting mail boxes this week, but you can read it first here. It includes Melissa’s story, a Pisgah Legal client who went from being almost homeless to now being a homeowner, a message from our Executive…

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