We are attorneys, advocates, organizers, and people directly affected by North Carolina's death penalty. Please accept this letter as the first of many discussions about the death penalty, which we hope to have with your administration in the coming two years. We are honored to begin this process on behalf of North Carolinians who have experienced the traumatic loss of a loved one to murder.
Organizers with the NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCADP) say this will be the state’s largest anti-death penalty gathering in more than a decade.
Asheville has not seen a year like 2020 in a hundred years literally.
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Not since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 has the world including our corner of it experienced this kind of public health challenge.
Working with Buncombe County health officials, City of Asheville employees rolled up their sleeves, crafted creative solutions and showed up to serve this community.
The year was also marked by national and local social unrest
following the death of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis.
But that’s not all that happened. The City made strides in solar energy, social and environmental justice and completed a massive dam improvement project.