Torchbearers: Center for Diversity Education honors ASCORE’s legacy

Posted on November 5, 2015November 2, 2015 by Max Hunt

In 1960, a group of student activists at Asheville’s all-black Stephens-Lee High School courageously challenged the racial status quo, bringing the civil rights movement closer to home. Through public demonstrations, boycotts and engagements with city officials, the members of the Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality helped break down Jim Crow-era barriers. For the past […]

How to be a sustainable employer

Posted on March 23, 2015March 24, 2015 by Edwin Arnaudin

From the Get It! Guide: Whichever way employers define “sustainable,” incorporating the effort into the workplace requires creative thought and effort.

‘Everybody’s Environment’ discusses diversity in conservation movements

Posted on October 10, 2014March 9, 2015 by Carrie Eidson

The Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville hosted the day-long conference “Everybody’s Environment” on Friday, Oct. 10. The event invited staff from local environmental and conversation groups, community organizers and the public to discuss strategies for creating a more inclusive environmental movement, with more diverse staff at environmental organizations and stronger ties to the communities they serve.

Together and equal: Supporting diversity for a sustainable, healthy city

Posted on April 24, 2014March 17, 2015 by Carrie Eidson

From the Get It! Guide: What are we talking about when we talk about sustainability in Asheville? Cleaner air environmental preservation, more city parks, better education, access to good food and quality housing? But what if all these things are not shared equally with all residents of the city?

Bought & Sold: Forgotten documents highlight local slave history

Posted on April 9, 2013August 20, 2014 by Jake Frankel

In Buncombe County, thousands of slaves toiled as cooks, farmers, tour guides, maids, blacksmiths, tailors, miners, farmers, road builders and more, local records show. And after mostly ignoring that troubled history for a century and a half, the county is now taking groundbreaking steps to honor the contributions of those former residents by making its slave records readily available online.

Dramatic staging of “Blood Done Sign My Name” at Diana Wortham Theatre

Posted on October 14, 2010October 14, 2010 by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt

Blood Done Sign My Name, a production based on the critically acclaimed memoir by Tim Tyson, explores the complex subject of racial division and violence in America during the 1970s and will be staged at Diana Wortham Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. There will also be a pre-show address by Tyson (at DWT) and a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn with local attorney James Ferguson and Tyson (at UNCA).