Clarifying and promoting environmental and social justice through the written and spoken word. Learn More

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What Would Wilma Do ?
"If you know what's good for you in the long run, DIAL IT BACK."
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Our Mission
The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a non-profit organization that develops and sponsors diverse and inclusive talks, workshops, events, books, and other programs, products and services to sustain the core values for which Wilma Dykeman stood: environmental integrity, social justice, and the power of the written and spoken word.
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Written & Spoken Word
My Story: Benjamin Gilmer, M.D., discussing his memoir
The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
A hybrid event: in-person and Zoom;__________ Room capacity: 70;_____ Register for Zoom at MyStory@wilmadykemanlegacy.org
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Date:
December 12, 2024
End Date:
when:
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
where:
West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road, Asheville NC 28806
Benjamin Gilmer
Written & Spoken Word
Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club
Monthly discussions of pre-selected stories
A hybrid event: in-person and Zoom;__________ Room capacity: 40;_____ Register for Zoom at wolfe@wilmadykemanlegacy.org
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Date:
January 9, 2025
End Date:
March 13, 2025
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market Street, Asheville NC 28801
Thomas Wolfe
Social Justice
An evening of Cherokee storytelling
featuring Nancy Pheasant
A Mountain Strong event
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Date:
April 3, 2025
End Date:
when:
7:00 - 8:30 PM
where:
Weaverville Community Center, 60 Lakeshore Drive, Weaverville NC 28787
Flyer for Nancy Pheasant 4-3-2025
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Confronting the Silence
A Holocaust Survivor's Search for God
By Walter Ziffer
*$21.35
*no international shipping
No Work in the Grave
Life in the Toe River Valley
By Jo Ann Thomas Croom
$32.05
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Environmental Integrity
Sochan plant cluster
Sochan gathering in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
by Sarah Farmer, US Forest Service
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the National Park Service signed an agreement restoring tribal members’ right to harvest sochan in the park.
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Social Justice
Social Justice
Malcolm X
Malcolm X speaks in Detroit - February 1965 - Part Two
Part Two
"The masses of our people still have bad housing, bad schooling, and inferior jobs..."
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Written & Spoken Word
Written & Spoken Word
Of Words and Water cover
The Irreplaceable Gift
A lyrical, atmospheric new picture book celebrates author and environmentalist Wilma Dykeman
“Wilma’s companions were flowering dogwoods, twinkling fireflies, tumbling streams. In nature, she was never alone.”
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