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Black Asheville Demands (BAD) is Currently Restructuring and We would Love your Help!

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An intergenerational collective of Black leaders in Asheville, North Carolina demand the following for our city

INVEST-DIVEST

We Demand a Divestment from the Police and Investment in Black Communities

50% of the APD’s budget should be invested in long-term safety strategies including supporting Black startups/business, eliminating the racial opportunity gap in Asheville City Schools, and funding an all-civilian oversight committee with the power to hold the APD and individual officers accountable

 

 

REPARATIONS

We Demand Repair for the Past and Continuing Harms Inflicted on Asheville’s Black Community

We demand that Asheville City Government remove the Vance and Robert E Lee monuments and replace them with monuments that honor the many Black Ashevillians who have built this city. 

We demand that streets named after former slave owners also be replaced with names of historic local black leaders.

 

 

End the War on Black People

We demand not just individual accountability for officers after lethal or violent use of force, but for accountability for the entire Asheville Police Department.

We demand an end to the systemic harms inflicted on all Black people (including Black trans, queer and gender-nonconforming people).

When Black people get free, everybody gets free
— Alicia Garza (co-founder of the national Black Lives Matter movement)

The long-form of these demands, including more specific steps for the Asheville community, will be released in the coming weeks.