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

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.

Articles & Resources

Environmental Integrity

Renewable Energy - A Primer

Types and Benefits of Renewable Energy

Renewable energy generates about 20% of all U.S. electricity, and that percentage continues to grow.

Social Justice

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks - Part Two

1964 speech on “The American Dream” at Drew University, Madison NJ

"The third thing that must be done, in order to make The American Dream a reality..."

Written & Spoken Word

Alice in Wonderland - Chapter Three

A Caucus-race and a Long Tale

Now on the bank, Alice receives a history lesson from a mouse. Alice's story of her Dinah cat causes all the other animals to run away.

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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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Events

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Social Justice

Mountain Strong

Occasional events celebrating traditional mountain life

Our inaugural event on May 5 features WHITE ROCK REVIVAL for an evening of Bluegrass music and stories of life on the farm across several generations.

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Date:

Friday, May 5, 2023

when:

7:00 - 8:30 PM

where:

Weaverville Community Center