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

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Fred Chappell
A documentary film about the life of Fred Chappell (1936-2024), produced by UNC Greensboro Media Studies professor Michael Frierson
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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
Sweat bee on candyflower - Peter Pearsall / USFWS
Beyond Monarchs: A Pollinator Primer
A Pollinator Primer
"Plenty of pollinators overwinter in our yards, gardens and fields, using plants and debris that are left behind."
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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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