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

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Asheville Reparations Commission
"Five work groups are responsible for analyzing detailed information on the Impact Focus Areas and reporting key findings to the full commission."
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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: Jennifer McGaha discussing her memoir
Bushwhacking: How to Get Lost in the Woods and Write Your Way Out
"Searching for beauty in the midst of mayhem, or at least being open to receiving it, is a form of prayer."
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Date:
September 12, 2024
End Date:
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
West Asheville Public Library
Jennifer McGaha
Written & Spoken Word
An Evening of Appalachian Ballads
A Mountain Strong event
with Saro Lynch-Thomason
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Date:
September 19, 2024
End Date:
when:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
where:
Weaverville Community Center
Saro Lynch-Thomason
Social Justice
An Evening of Cherokee Storytelling
A Mountain Strong event
featuring Nancy Pheasant
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Date:
November 7, 2024
End Date:
when:
7:00 - 8:30 PM
where:
Weaverville Community Center
Nancy Pheasant
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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
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 One
Part One
"I was in a house last night that was bombed - my own."
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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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