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

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Environment as Home and Neighborhood
The home / neighborhood environment "significantly affects physical and mental health, social well-being, and even educational outcomes."
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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
Facing Our History
The violent world of Bob Brackett and Broadus Miller
We clarify the 1927 lynching of Broadus Miller near Marion, North Carolina, and the 1897 lynching of Bob Brackett along Reems Creek near Weaverville.
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Date:
November 6, 2025
End Date:
when:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
where:
Weaverville Community Center
Book cover - The Violent World of Broadus Miller
Written & Spoken Word
Experiences of War
Story Medicine Worldwide's Elder Women Writers' Workshop
"Now, we learn to recognize, break silence and speak about our own experiences of the wars we remember."
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Date:
November 13, 2025
End Date:
when:
7:00-8:00 PM
where:
West Asheville Public Library
WAR
Written & Spoken Word
My Story: Tanya Davis discussing her memoir
Threads: A Tapestry of Life in the Black Community and Beyond
"No people of color lived in the village but served as domestics for the families of Biltmore Forest."
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Date:
December 11, 2025
End Date:
when:
7:00-8:00 PM
where:
West Asheville Public Library
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Confronting the Silence
A Holocaust Survivor's Search for God
By Walter Ziffer
$ 21.35 USD
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*no international shipping
No Work in the Grave
Life in the Toe River Valley
By Jo Ann Thomas Croom
$ 32.05 USD
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Of Words and Water
The Story of Wilma Dykeman
By Shannon Hitchcock
$ 10.65 USD
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Environmental Integrity
2023 WE ACT rally featuring NYC councilmember Sandy Nurse
The Environmental Justice Movement - Part Four
Natural Resources Defense Council
"The work of the environmental justice movement has already reshaped how so many experience the environment; it has saved lives..."
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Social Justice
Social Justice
Michael Totten with moustache, mother Donna, and brother Sam Totten
My Story - Michael Totten - Part Three
Part Three
"By the time I got to high school I was one of the top 10 students of my class - getting a B was grounds for a beating."
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Written & Spoken Word
Written & Spoken Word
Woot, Pat, and June Roberts
My Story: Patsy Walker - Part Three
Part Three
"All five sisters slept in the same bedroom until Uncle Jesse enclosed the back porch and built a room for June and me."
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