Asheville N. Carolina's Reparations Chair Dewana Little: the Ancestors Are Happy #FreedmenFridays

23/09/2024 41 min
Asheville N. Carolina's Reparations Chair Dewana Little: the Ancestors Are Happy #FreedmenFridays

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Episode Synopsis

(Airdate 9/6/24) Dewana Little is the Chair of the city of Asheville North Carolina's Reparations Commission Chair. She is a fourth generation Asheville native whose own great-grandparents lost their home during urban renewal impacting her families' intergenerational wealth. On this podcast Ms. Little outlines the work of her commission, the obstacles and the wins including their audit of all city departments and six month extension for their commission. https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/?hl=en https://www.ashevillenc.gov/?s=reparations

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