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The Environmental Justice Movement - Part One
"The story of how the environmental justice movement became a national one can generally be traced back to Warren County, North Carolina."
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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
Wilma Dykeman's 105th Birthday Anniversary
Honoring a Legacy of Change - General admission $35
Join us for a special evening honoring the life and work of Wilma Dykeman at her 105th Birthday
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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
Social Justice
An Evening with Nancy Pheasant
Building and Rebuilding Community
Think rebuilding community after Helene is hard? How about rebuilding Cherokee community in North Carolina and Oklahoma after the Trail of Tears?
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Date:
August 7, 2025
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when:
7:00 - 8:30 PM
where:
Weaverville Community Center, 60 Lakeshore Drive, 28787
Nancy Pheasant head shot
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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
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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
Cemetery headstone for Paul and Peggy Brigmon
My Story - Ashley McGhee Whittle - Part Six
Part Six: Paul Brigmon's death
"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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Written & Spoken Word
Written & Spoken Word
Bonnie Coe Dykeman as an adult
Wilma Dykeman's last days with her mother - Part Two
Part Two
"Written as a I sat with her, stroked her, hugged her, till morning 12:30 a.m."
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