Clare has been long active in local and national efforts to expose and confront injustice, to affirm human rights and dignity for all and to respect and protect the living earth.
A Memphis native, she has lived in the Asheville area for over 25 years. She is currently on Sabbatical from her organizing work with various local, national and regional groups to complete researching and writing an historical memoir of her Irish Catholic childhood in Jim Crow Memphis. Clare recently participated in the 50 mile commemorative of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights march. This August she has been invited as faculty/participant in the Satyagraha Summer Institute in South Dakota “Training leaders in the Traditions of Nonviolence
She is a resident of Battery Park senior apartments, and keeps her feet on the ground advocating for urban green space, a civic plaza, park benches and community respect for uptown elders with the group, Elder & Sage: Uptown Asheville Senior Gardeners.
Enjoy this one-hour podcast with Clare as we discuss racism and social injustice, growing up in the South, and how to bring about positive change.
Living Well with Clare Hanrahan on AshevilleFM, July 6, 2015
