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Wilma Dykeman honored by NC General Assembly - 2007
"Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring..."
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The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a nonprofit dedicated to continuing the powerful work of author, activist, and trailblazer Wilma Dykeman. Through talks, workshops, other events, and books, we're using the written and spoken word (and a little bit of music) to build a future rooted in environmental integrity and social justice.
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SAVE THE DATE: Stay tuned for the date and place of our May 2027 celebration of Wilma Dykeman's 107th birthday anniversary.
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Mountain Strong
Ideas to Impact: 45 Years of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association
Screening of Ideas to Impact: 45 Years of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association, with filmmakers Aisha Adams and Rafrica Adams
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Date:
August 27, 2026
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when:
7:00 - 8:30 PM
where:
Weaverville Community Center
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Written & Spoken Word
My Story # 1 - Jim Stokely discussing Wilma Dykeman's memoir
Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood
"Who is there among us who can say he has lived upon this earth, in his own home, and never once been blinded by the clear light of beauty?"
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Date:
October 5, 2026
End Date:
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
Battery Park Book Exchange,
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Written & Spoken Word
Wayne Caldwell discussing and reading from his novel
Shadow Family
"Autobiography? No. Autobiographical? I have 'used the clay of life' vouchsafed me. An adoptee handed to his adoptive parents at some 6 weeks old..."
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Date:
November 12, 2026
End Date:
when:
7:00 - 8:00 PM
where:
West Asheville Public Library
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Environmental Integrity
Cartoon by Daniel Carter Beard - 1889 from Public Domain Image Archive
The Drying Planet - Part 3
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
Groundwater “is an intergenerational resource that is being poorly managed, if managed at all."
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Social Justice
Social Justice
Meta Commerse - 2019
Releasing the Pain - Part Three
sung by Meta Commerse
"They are called Negro spirituals for a reason. It is a music brought forth by the Africans who were enslaved for comfort, for healing, for survival."
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Written & Spoken Word
Written & Spoken Word
Ottis Kermit Cole laying stone
Ottis Kermit Cole's Stories
Part One of Two
"I hired a man the other day. We were having a pretty good conversation. Then..."
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