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Local Citizens File Title VI Complaint After Buncombe County Leaders Prioritize Helene Recovery by Race
(Asheville, NC) On January 22, 2025, a local citizen organization, WNC Citizens for Equality, filed a Title VI complaint with the U.S. Department of the Treasury after Buncombe County government…
City agrees to end discriminatory ‘black-only’ grants, scholarships in lawsuit settlement
From: Daily Planet The City of Asheville recently settled a federal civil rights lawsuit after agreeing to remove all racially discriminatory provisions in a city-funded scholarship program. The city also…
City of Asheville Diverts Funds Meant for the Poor to Vice Mayor’s Private Group
WNC Citizens for Equality, a local government watchdog organization, is calling foul after the City ofAsheville diverted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars earmarked for legal aid for the poor…