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Six months ago, as part of a reckoning on racial injustice, the City of Asheville and Buncombe County both passed resolutions to consider reparations to the Black community as a way to begin making amends for slavery and generations of systemic discrimination.
The votes were hailed as “historic” by The Asheville Citizen Times, and ABC News asked, “Is Asheville a national model?”
Since then, local officials concede, little has been done. Some in the Black community see zero progress.
“From my understanding, they’ve done nothing,” said Rob Thomas, community liaison for the Racial Justice Coalition.
Posted January 13, 2021 11:07 am | Filed under Featured, Local News, News
After 14 years at the helm of York Technical College, Dr. Greg Rutherford this morning announced his retirement as President of York Tech effective this coming July 31st. Announcing his retirement in an open letter, Dr. Rutherford said “There is nothing more rewarding to me than serving our students and the communities in which they reside.” Dr. Rutherford came to York Tech in 2007 from Haywood Community College where he had served as Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development. Dr Rutherford earned his doctorate in Education Administration with a major in Community College Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from Western Carolina University, a BS in Management from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and an associate degree in Business Administration from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.
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