YMI Hosts Webinar on Reparations
The YMI Cultural Center (YMICC) will hold a free public webinar, “Reparations: A Deeper Conversation,”
Black Asheville
Existence as Resistance
UNC Asheville’s seventh African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference will take
Asheville’s Office of Equity and Inclusion
Why focus on equity and not equality? Equality is about sameness and might work if
Vance Monument Task Force Meeting – October 8, 2020
Streamed live on October 8, 2020
Vance Monument Task Force Meeting – October 1, 2020
Streamed live on October 1, 2020
Governor Cooper Announces Appointment
Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Thomas Nelson of Murphy, North Carolina, as a member-at-large of the
Buncombe County Commissioners Declare Racism as a Public Health Crisis
By Dr. Sharon Kelly-West – What does “declaring racism as a public health crisis” mean?
Commissioners Formally Apologize to Black Community
Pledge Continued Investments For centuries of disenfranchisement, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has apologized
Black Lives Matter Mural
On Sunday, July 19, 2020, more than 20 artists came together to create a vibrant
Grind Coffee Co. Opening on Depot Street
Asheville’s first Black-owned coffee shop. GRIND is a place for coffee. It’s also a place
Creating Advocates of Change: Racial Justice & Equity
AARP, ABIPA provide listening platform through webinars to help build racial equity in Asheville. There
Lead Artists Selected for Asheville’s Black Lives Matter Mural
Artists Jenny Pickens, Joseph Pearson, and Marie T. Cochran will lead the design and implementation