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My Story: Ashley McGhee Whittle
"He had a walking stick that he carried with him, and he got to where he was walking five miles a day."
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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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Social Justice
An evening of Cherokee storytelling
featuring Nancy Pheasant
A Mountain Strong event emphasizing community resilience
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Start
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
Social Justice
PARTY !!
Wilma Dykeman's 105th Birthday Anniversary
GET READY TO PARTY ON THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025
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Date:
May 22, 2025
End Date:
May 22, 2025
when:
5:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
AB Tech Conference Center, 16 Fernihurst Dr, Asheville, NC 28801
Tall Woman and French Broad River on stilts
Environmental Integrity
2025 Hot Springs Teacher Institute
July 13-18, 2025
Top-notch professional development for high school and middle school teachers - for more information, scroll up and click on What We Do, then on HSTI.
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Date:
July 13, 2025
End Date:
July 18, 2025
when:
where:
Hot Springs, North Carolina
Spring Creek study
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Confronting the Silence
A Holocaust Survivor's Search for God
By Walter Ziffer
*$21.35 all-inclusive
*no international shipping
No Work in the Grave
Life in the Toe River Valley
By Jo Ann Thomas Croom
$32.05 all-inclusive
*no international shipping
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Environmental Integrity
Rivercane bordering river - Getty Images
What Good is Rivercane - Part Two
Part Two
What would a mature and extensive stand of rivercane do for Asheville's River Arts District and the city's stature as a tourist / retiree destination?
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Social Justice
Social Justice
Paul Brigmon and his granddaughter Ashley McGhee Whittle at her kindergarten graduation
My Story - Ashley McGhee Whittle - Part Five
Part Five: a granddaughter's memories of Paul Brigmon
"I think the Vance Monument was a slap in the face to somebody like him."
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Written & Spoken Word
Written & Spoken Word
Wilma Dykeman and Bonnie Cole Dykeman
Wilma Dykeman's last days with her mother
Part One
"Are you Wilma? My little Wilma? Are you sure? Do you love me?" "Will I die tonight?"
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