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Announcement of new City of Asheville Reparations Commission members
Posted on by Kim Miller

The Asheville City Council has approved five seat appointments for the Community Reparations Commission representing the five impact focus areas of criminal justice, economic development, education, health care and housing.     Those members appointed by Asheville City Council are:    Dewana Little – Criminal Justice Dr. Dwight B Mullen -Economic Development CiCi  Weston – Education Dr. Tamarie Macon – Healthcare Joyce Harrison – [...]

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Application deadline for Community Reparations Commission extended
Posted on by Polly McDaniel

    In response to residents requests, the City of Asheville is extending the deadline to apply to be a member of the Community Reparations Commission until January 15.    The opportunity to serve is available to all residents of Asheville and Buncombe County and can be found online.   ONLINE FORMS: Neighborhood Candidate Interest Form:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M6CG2MH Impact Focus Area [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meeting, Dec. 5, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community groups for [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meeting, Jan. 9, 2023
Posted on by Kim Miller

  The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meeting: August 15, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community groups for [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meeting: July 18, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

  The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meeting: June 27, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

  The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meeting: June 6, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

  The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meets at their first retreat Friday, September 23.
Posted on by Kim Miller

The Community Reparations Commission kicked off its first retreat by breaking into the five focus area groups. The smaller groups allowed for commission members to better get to know one another, as well as better understand what “reparations” means to individual commission members.   It was also the first time the public could see the five individual [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meets August 15, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

The next meeting of the Community Reparations Commission will take place 6:00 p.m. Monday, August 15, 2022 at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall at 87 Haywood Street.  The Commission meeting agenda is posted at this link. The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meets Jan. 9, 2023
Posted on by Kim Miller

The next scheduled meeting for the Community Reparations Commission is Monday, January 9, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.  This schedule change is due to the MLK Holiday. The meeting will be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall at 87 Haywood Street at 6:00 p.m.   The Commission meeting agenda will be posted at this link You [...]

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City of Asheville and Buncombe County Community Reparations Commission meets November 7, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

The next regular meeting of the Community Reparations Commission is scheduled for November 7, 2022.  Please note that this is a change from the third Monday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.  The meeting will be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall at 87 Haywood Street at 6:00 p.m. The Commission meeting agenda is posted [...]

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City of Asheville opens applications and nominations for the Community Reparations Commission
Posted on by Polly McDaniel

    The City of Asheville Reparations Initiative is seeking nominations and applications for the Community Reparations Commission. Applications opened on November 19 with nominations and applications to be accepted through December 22.   The Community Reparations Commission is charged with coming up with recommendations to City Council to repair the harm done by decades of racial discrimination and [...]

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Community Reparations Commission meets Monday, June 27, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

The next meeting of the Community Reparations Commission will take place 6:00 p.m.  Monday, June 27, 2022 at: The Buncombe County Government Building  200 College St First Floor Conference Room    The Commission meeting agenda will be posted as available. The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing [...]

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Community Reparations Commission meets Monday, May 23, 2022
Posted on by Kim Miller

The next meeting of the Community Reparations Commission will take place 5:30 p.m.  Monday, May 23, 2022 at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center Press Room at 87 Haywood Street.    The Commission meeting agenda is posted at this link. The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that [...]

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Fiscal Year 2022 Council Priority Accomplishments: Reparations
Posted on by Kim Miller

As the City of Asheville works to prepare a proposed fiscal year 2022-2023 budget, it’s a good time to pause, look back and assess the work and accomplishments towards the priorities of the past year.  The Council Identified Priorities for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 included: Reparations Reimagining Public Safety Employee Compensation  Utilization of ARPA Funding Here, we share with you the Fiscal [...]

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Video: Get information about Asheville’s Community Reparations Commission
Posted on by Polly McDaniel

The City of Asheville invites you to be part of its Reparations initiative!   Applications are open for the Community Reparations Commission through December 22. Find more information at https://www.ashevillenc.gov/reparations. There is also one more information session coming up on December 15. Find information about it at this link. Come on, Asheville! Be part [...]

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