Timeline
Phase II: Formation of the Reparations Commission
- City Council Interviews: 2/15/22
- City Council Appointments:
- County Commision Interviews: 3/15/22
- County Commission Appointments:
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 – Housing
Also announced were the names of those appointed by the historically impacted African American neighborhoods.
- Burton Street
- DeWayne Barton
- MZ Yehudah
- East End/ Valley Street
- Keith Young
- Glenda McDowell
- Heart of Chestnut
- Bernard V. Oliphant
- Renata Conyers
- Shiloh
- Norma S. Baynes
- Bobbette K. Mays
- Southside
- Mildred Nance Carson
- Roy Harris
- Stumptown
- Thomas Priester
- Kimberly Jones
- Public Housing Community in Asheville
- Shaunda Jackson
- Angela Young
- Aleesha Ballard
- Alternates:
- Darrin Owens
- Shekiki Jiles-Baten
Those appointed by the County Commissioners are:
- Dee Williams – Criminal Justice
- Raynetta Waters – Economic Development
- Christopher Gordon – Education
- Shantelle Simpson – Healthcare
- Kelsey Simmons – Housing
- Alternates:
- Dwayne Richardson
- Stephanie Lee
Phase I: Information Sharing and Truth Telling
June 3-17th 2021
- Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 6 until 8 p.m.
- Panelists: Dr. William Turner, James E. Ferguson, Sasha Mitchell
- Number of community members able to speak: 10
- Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 6 until 8 p.m.Panelists: Rinku Sen, Dr. Dwight Mullen, Jorge Redmond, Dr. Marcus Harvey
- Thursday, June 17, 2021 from 6 until 8 p.m.Panelists: Tracey Greene, Lakesha McDay, Robert Thomas
- Buncombe County Commission signs and adopts Reparations Resolution – August 4, 2020
- Advocacy and Organizing around a Reparations Resolution – 2020Asheville City Council signs Reparations Resolution – July 14, 2020