ABOUT
Over the past 20 years, Latinx immigrant leaders in the Emma neighborhood have been organizing around mutual aid, community defense, and the uplift of our cultures. From these efforts a number of grassroots organizations emerged, including Nuestro Centro (now Raíces), CIMA, PODER Emma, Mä hñaki, and Consulta Tu Compa.
After years of deep collaboration, in 2018 our organizations officially united to implement a vision for greater cooperation and sustainability. Colaborativa La Milpa was established as a collective response for building capacity around fundraising, planning, evaluation, and coordinated strategic approaches.
Colaborativa La Milpa is creating a model for sharing infrastructure so more energy can go directly to our programs, and for combining efforts to avoid duplicating work. We come together to break patterns of isolation that exist on individual and organizational levels. We practice building community, being in true solidarity, and being in collaboration rather than competition. We believe that working collectively expands our impact.
We affirm that each of our organizations is stronger when all of our organizations are thriving.
Mission
Activate, build capacity, and support community-based organizations to ensure their impact and sustainability.
Vision:
Healthy, united, and flourishing communities that honor origins, identities, and power.


Staff
Andrea Golden
Companera
Geny Hernández López
Companera
Patty Urrutia
Comunicadora
Ami Worthen
Cultivadora
Board
Paulina Mendez, Chair
Buncombe County
Sonia Kay
YWCA of Asheville
Angélica Reza-Wind
Our VOICE
Alikhan Salehi
AB Tech Community College
Greg Walker Wilson
Walker Wilson Consulting