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

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As vast as climate change, as personal as a child with asthma
"Tell us what Environmental Justice means to you."
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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
Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club
Monthly discussions of pre-selected stories
Register for in-person AND Zoom-based Thomas Wolfe Short Story discussions, 7:00-8:00 EST, at: wolfe@wilmadykemanlegacy.org
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Start
Date:
January 11, 2024
End Date:
March 14, 2024
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
Thomas Wolfe Memorial AND via Zoom
Cover of The Complete Short Stories of Thomas Wolfe
Environmental Integrity
Of Words and Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman
by Shannon Hitchcock, with illustrations by Sophie Page
A picture-book biography for ages 6-8
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Date:
April 16, 2024
End Date:
when:
where:
Pre-order now from your local bookstore
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Social Justice
Wilma Dykeman's Birthday Anniversary Celebration
at Black Wall Street AVL
"Kickoff GRINDfest with the Wilma Dykeman Birthday Anniversary and enjoy a week of events." -- J. Hackett
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Start
Date:
May 18, 2024
End Date:
May 18, 2024
when:
1:00 - 4:00 PM
where:
8 River Arts Place
MAR photo - credit @annacaterinaphoto
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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
*no international shipping
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Environmental Integrity
Slab Fork Coal Company - 1947
As vast as climate change, as personal as a child with asthma
WE NEED YOUR INPUT (not your money)
"Tell us what Environmental Justice means to you."
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Social Justice
Social Justice
Classroom
K-12 Education
Report from U.S. Government Accountability Office
A history of discriminatory practices has contributed to inequities in education, which are intertwined with disparities in wealth, income, & housing.
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Written & Spoken Word
Written & Spoken Word
Franz Kafka headshot
The Metamorphosis - Part Three
Franz Kafka
"'I will not utter my brother's name in front of this monster, and thus I say only that we must try to get rid of it.'"
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