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From YouTube: What's Up AVL! – Episode 01
Description
Ashley Traynum-Carson, Communications Specialist with the City of Asheville, discusses the Reparations initiative in Asheville with Brenda Mills, Director of the City's Equity and Inclusion Department.
A
Hi,
I'm
ashley
tranham-carson,
I'm
a
communications
specialist
with
the
city
of
asheville
and
today
is
our
inaugural
radio
broadcast
for
those
of
you
listening
for
the
next
year.
The
city
of
asheville
will
have
monthly
spots
here
on
res,
where
we'll
talk
about
various
projects
and
initiatives
the
city
of
asheville
is
taking
on,
and
today
we're
going
to
start
off
with
brenda
mills,
our
director
of
equity
and
inclusion,
and
we're
going
to
discuss
reparations
in
asheville.
A
B
A
Definitely
so
I'm
sure
most
of
you
who
are
listening
today
have
heard
about
reparations
in
asheville
and
what
the
city
is
doing,
and
so
we
just
want
to
take
a
deep
dive
and
talk
about
what
the
initiative
looks
like
right
now.
So
brenda
can
we
start
kind
of
high
level
what
are
reparations
and
then
we'll
go
a
little
bit
deeper
of
how
it's
going
to
look
in
asheville.
So
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
B
Okay,
awesome
so
in
2020
I
believe
july
2020,
the
city
of
asheville,
approved
a
resolution
on
reparations
number
one
apologizing
for
the
hurt
and
the
harm
that
was
done
to
our
african-american
community
here
during
urban
renewal.
Gentrification
all
the
things
that
go
with
that
and
then
they,
the
resolution,
basically
talks
about
repairing
the
harm.
A
B
B
The
project
manager
manages
all
the
processes
that
go
along
with
having
the
board,
which
we
are
planning
to
have
seated
this
year.
The
process
is
due
to
complete
in
2023.,
I'm
going
to
say
late
summer
2023,
and
so
we
met,
I
managed
the
contract.
The
contract
includes
deborah
clark
jones,
who
is
the
owner
of
tequity
llc.
She
is
an
assistant
project
manager,
an
administrative
assistant
and
five
facilitators
who
will
help
with
the
small
groups
in
those
impact
focus
areas
we
talked
about
just
previously.
A
B
As
many
of
you
know
and
we're
not
allowed
to
forget,
we
lost
our
our
director
of
equity,
inclusion
in
2020
and
then
the
other
three
staff
members
summarily
found
wonderful
opportunities
and
they
landed
in
really
great
places
when
we
missed
them,
but
we
have
no
staff.
So
I
became
the
interim
of
this
year
in
july,
permanent
director
in
october,
we're
still
getting
staff
online
and
we
currently
already
have
two
boards.
So
the
african-american
heritage
commission,
which
I
am
liaison
for
we've
hired
some
staff.
B
The
analysts
will
be
the
staff
liaison
for
the
human
relations
commission
and
then
the
the
big
one,
the
community
reparations
commission.
It's
a
it's
a
huge
task.
This
isn't
like
any
regular
advisory
board
that
we've
had
before
it's
number
one
it's
three
times
bigger
than
what
we
usually
have.
I
think
most
of
our
boys
are
somewhere
around
nine
eleven,
maybe
fifteen
members
and
then
there's
specific,
there's
a
specific
role
for
this
board
to
come
away
with
short,
medium
and
long-term
goals,
so
she'll
be
handling
she's
taken
all
the
applications.
B
She
helped
us
put.
The
applications
together,
she's
helped
us
with
the
information
sessions.
She's
gonna
work
on
some
guidelines
for
approving,
specifically
the
impact
focus
areas.
Those
folks
will
be
interviewed.
The
neighborhoods
will
be
approved
by
council
with
no
vetting
and
then
the
five
facilitators
will
make
sure
that
those
small
groups
in
the
areas
of
criminal
justice,
economic
development,
education,
housing
and
health
and
wellness
meet
several
times
a
month
and
then,
along
with
the
larger
group,
that's
a
lot.
B
That's
a
lot
and
keeping
that
and
then
on
top
of
that,
what
people
can
expect
to
see
is
presentations,
resources
being
provided
to
them
information
so
that
they
make
some
of
the
best
recommendations
possible
right.
So
that's
a
big
task
and
it's
a
task
enough
just
to
manage
the
project
manager
understood
so.
A
B
Are
coming
up?
Thank
you.
We
want
to
really
highlight
that
this
week,
so
the
commission
is
25
members,
15
of
those
members
come
from
neighborhoods
and
those
are
neighborhoods
who
are
historically
impacted
by
gentrification
urban
renewal
and
they're
african-american.
So
let
me
list
those
neighborhoods
for
you:
easton
valley,
street
burton
street
shallow
south
side,
community
heart
of
chestnut
hills,
public
housing,
and
I
have
one
more
that
the
stumptown
stumptown
can't
forget
stuff,
the
wonderful
stumptown
members
and
out
of
all
of
those.
B
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
the
public
housing
every
one
of
those
communities
have
two
representatives,
except
for
public
housing,
who
has
an
amass
a
larger
footprint
of
community,
and
each
of
them
will
nominate
two
persons
to
represent
them.
The
other
10
impact
areas
involved
the
other
10
spots
and
verb
involve
the
impact
focus
areas.
Five
of
those
will
be
seated
by
the
city
council.
A
B
I
do
we're
a
public
entity
as
a
city,
and
this
county
is
a
public
entity
as
a
county
and
all
who
have
expertise
in
those
five
areas
are
welcome
to
apply.
I
think
there's
people
are
feeling
some
kind
of
way
because
it
does
involve
a
majority
african-american
community,
but
I
want
to
say
a
couple
of
things
number
one.
We
encourage
all
people
to
apply
who
have
the
expertise
you
will
be
interviewed
for
that,
once
council
chooses
who?
B
But
we
really
do
welcome
all
folks
who
have
some
expertise,
because
the
the
way
the
board
works
is
that
neighborhoods,
although
they
they
may
have
expertise
in
all
the
five
areas
of
impact
areas.
They
know
their
neighborhoods,
so
they're
coming
to
you
understanding
what
has
impacted
them
on
the
east.
West
south
side
of
asheville
and
then
the
impact
focus
area
folks,
are
just
bringing
their
expertise.
B
What
does
it
look
like
to
have
affordable
housing?
What
is
housing
like
here?
What
is
the
median
income,
those
types
of
things
that
everybody
doesn't
always
come
to
the
table
with
talking
about
criminal
justice
system
when
you
have
to
understand
the
system
in
order
to
make
changes,
those
folks
will
have
key
contacts
within
those
areas
to
be
able
to
help
us
make
as
best
a
recommendation
to
city
councils
as
you
can.
So
I
really
encourage
all.
A
To
apply
and
just
to
kind
of
reiterate,
I
think
that
people
or
whatever
what
I've
heard
or
what
I've
seen
online
are
people
not
necessarily
understanding
that
this
is
going
to
be
recommendations
to
council
so
right
this
board
is
going
to.
I
don't
want
to
step
on
your
toes,
so
you
tell
us
what
are
the?
What
will
this
board
do?
What's
the
end
goal
in
2023.
B
So
the
end
goal
in
2023
is
that
this
council
would
have
received
short
term.
So
this
first
two
quarters
of
2022
short-term
goals.
Last
two
quarters
of
2022
will
be
the
medium
goals,
so
those
may
take
three
to
five
years.
To
implement
short
term
will
be
something
we
can
go
ahead
and
start
doing.
There
may
be
things
we
didn't
think
about.
B
We
can
already
start
doing
education,
programs,
making
people
aware
of
stuff,
and
then
the
longer
term
goals
will
be
anything
beyond
that
five
years
and
so
council
will
receive
those
recommendations
and
start
considering
those
recommendations.
I
don't
know
how
there's
no
detail
about
that
yet,
but
they
will
be
making
recommendations,
and
I
want
folks
to
understand,
don't
get
discouraged.
We,
the
the
community
reparations
commission,
will
make
those
recommendations.
B
A
B
Keep
them
to
date.
I
am
so
glad
you
asked
that,
because
there
is
a
support,
interest
form
on
the
reparations
project
page
as
well.
If
you
fill
that
out,
you
can
tell
us
how
you
would
like
to
be
a
part
of
this
project.
You
may
have
technology
you
want
to
share.
You
may
have
an
idea
for
child
care.
You
may
have
expertise
in
one
of
those
five
areas
and
want
to
be
a
speaker
or
a
presenter
or
provide
materials.
We
will
take
all
help
and
we
want
all
folks
to
be
involved
in
this
project.
A
B
B
What
I'm
hoping
is
several
things
to
happen
out
of
this
project
number
one.
We
get
really
good
dynamic
recommendations
to
city
council
for
them
to
consider
and
remember
now,
as
we're
giving
recommendations
to
city
council
you're
talking
to
city
council
from
a
neighborhood
point
of
view,
from
an
impact
focus
area,
point
of
view,
you
know
what
you
need
for
your
communities
to
grow
and
to
thrive,
really
speak
to
that,
and-
and
the
other
thing
I
want
people
to
remember
is
this-
is
a
public
process.
B
B
We're
hoping
that
we
know
that
our
neighborhood
contacts
will
go
back
in
the
neighborhoods
and
keep
the
neighborhood
updated
on
what
we're
doing
we're
looking
at
ways
to
keep
you
up
abreast
of
everything
it
takes
time
for
change.
Change
is
not
an
easy
thing,
and
when
you
talk
about
really
having
an
impact
on
a
community,
we
really
need
to
dig
deep.
This
is
not
going
to
be
easy
work,
and
so
we
want
people
to
stay
focused.
B
If
you
have
any
questions,
please
call
our
office.
Please
make
your
concerns
known.
I
love
questions.
There's
no
question.
That's
too
hard
that
we
don't
want
to
answer.
So
we
want
people
to
really
make
sure
that
they're,
focusing
in
and
and
keep
focused
on
what
we're
doing
and
make
sure
to
ask
any
questions
that
we
can
answer
for
them.
A
B
Yes,
I
want
to
put
a
big
push
out
there.
Friday
I
mean
saturday
january
15.
2022
is
the
deadline
for
all
applications
for
the
neighborhood
nominations,
which
they're
up
and
running
and
doing
what
they
need
to
do
and
if
you're
interested
in
any
of
the
impact
focus
area,
criminal,
justice,
education,
economic
development,
housing
and
health
and
wellness,
please
apply
or
give
us
a
phone
call.
A
B
Now
I
know
you
know,
there's
very
some
level
of
reparations
for
the
indian
nations
as
well.
As
for
the
japanese,
I
don't
know
as
much
about
those,
but
I
knew
I
do
know.
Evanston
illinois
looked
at
reparations
around
housing
and
we
had
a
call,
a
very
wonderful
call
with
them
just
kind
of
comparing
our
processes.
This
is
all
new
for
everybody,
and
I
want
people
to
understand
that.
There's
there's
no
pattern
right
now
that
we're
following
we
may
make
some
mistakes
and
we
may
make
some
missteps,
but
that's
why
feedback
is
important.
B
B
So
I
had
the
very
wonderful
opportunity
with
the
mayor
and
a
couple
of
our
council
members
to
really
talk
with
them
about
what
we're
doing
here
moving
forward,
but
I
would
say
that
our
project
manager
actually
knows
mr
william
darity,
who
worked,
who
wrote
the
book
around
reparations,
so
we'll
be
bringing
him
here
to
do
some
speaking
to
the
commission
and
probably
to
the
public
to
really
talk
about
what
is
really
reparations.
And
what
can
we
really
expect
locally?
B
We
know
on
the
national,
the
federal
level,
there's
a
hr
40
bill
talking
about
reparations,
so
we're
looking
at
the
biden
administration
as
they
kind
of
wrestle
through
a
lot
of
that.
We
know
a
lot
what's
taking
up
a
lot
of
their
time.
Right
now
is
to
build
back
better
policy,
but
we're
looking
to
them
and
some
guidance
around
that.
But
I
do
also
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
understand
that
there's
no
guidebook
right
now
so
we're
reading.
As
much
as
we
can.
B
B
We
know
that
there's
going
to
be
some
challenges,
so
I
want
people
to
expect
that,
but
as
long
as
we
are
doing
things
within
the
boundaries
of
the
law,
I
think
you
know
there's
always
going
to
be
naysayers
and
people
who
are
not
interested
in
this,
but
we
are
continuing
to
reach
out
we're
continuing
to
go
to
webinars.
So
as
much
as
we
can
educate
ourselves
and
our
commission
and
our
community,
we
will
do
so,
and
I.
A
Think
that's
an
important
point
for
people
to
know
that
you
know
here
in
asheville
we
are
we're
setting
the
tone
for
the
nation,
and
so
these
this
is
not.
This
is
not
like.
You
said
this
is
no
there's
no
guidebook
for
reparations
and
we
are
trying
our
best
and
meeting
with
other
municipalities
and
doing
the
best
practices
and
just
really
doing
the
work
so
and
jumping
in
talking
about
kind
of
some
of
the
work
that
we've
done.
A
B
We
started
off
with
the
speaker
series
and
truth
telling
we
I
thought
it
was
great,
but
I
also
know
we
need
to
expand
on
that,
so
we're
looking
at
doing
some
more
of
that.
You
know
this
year.
You
can
find
all
of
that
information,
along
with
the
reparations
project,
main
information
at
public
input.
That's
p-u-b-l-I-c-I-n-p-u-t.
A
And
I
just
want
to
give
a
plug
for
that
project
page
so
that
project
page
has
all
of
the
youtube
videos
from
the
speaker
series.
Yes,
you'll,
be
able
to
see.
I
think
some
of
the
agendas
and
things
like
that
that
we've
talked
about
so
yes,
it's
a
really
good
place
to
see
everything.
Any
press
releases
that
the
city
has
put
out
for
about
reparations.
We're
gonna
find
there
that's
to
be
your
hub
for
information,
so
we
know
that
sometimes
getting
onto
the
main
website
can
be
a
little
bit
difficult.
A
But
once
again,
if
you
go
to
public
input,
dot
com
forward,
slash
avl
reparations
you'll
be
able
to
find
a
host
of
information,
and
I
believe,
brenda's
contact
information.
Is
there
too?
So
she
keeps
saying
contact
her
so
that
that's
where
you'll
find
that
information?
That
is
correct
and
then
let's
we're
kind
of
wrapping
up
again.
But
what
are
you
most
excited
about
in
2022.
B
Number
one
I'm
excited
that
we
have
been
able
to
garner
some
very
wonderful
staff
for
the
equity
and
inclusion
office,
including
myself,
I
serve
as
its
director.
We
have
hired
three
persons.
We
will
have
a
person
who
leads
in
training
as
a
training
consultant.
They
will
be,
you
know,
training
with
our
internal
staff
and
then
you
know
down
in
the
future.
We
look
at
doing
some
external
training
as
well.
B
We
have
an
analyst
who
will
be
working
with
our
human
relations
commission,
working
with
our
non-discrimination,
ordinance
and
working
on
policy
and
data
for
us,
and
then
there's
a
third
person
who
we
will
be
bringing
out
in
the
community.
All
of
our
staff
will
be
out
in
the
community,
but
his
specific
role
is
to
do
outreach
in
our
underserved
unheard
communities,
working
in
partnership
with
communications
and
public
engagement
and
the
neighborhood
services.
Yes,.
A
A
B
B
Those
will
also
the
remaining
will
be
sent
to
our
board
of
commissioners.
They
will
do
the
same
process
and
then
once
everybody
is
chosen,
we
will
seat
the
commission
in
late
february
early
march
and
then
we
will
begin
with
a
major
orientation
session
for
the
the
community
reparations
commission
and
then
we'll
we'll
be
off
and
running.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
brenda
so
once
again
for
our
listeners
that
application
deadline
is
january,
15th
at
11
59
p.m.
That's
all
the
time
we
have
for
today
be
on
the
be
on
the
lookout
or,
I
guess
to
say,
put
have
your
ears
ready,
so
the
city
of
asheville
will
be
back
next
month
with
one
of
our
projects
and
initiatives
to
speak
with
you
about.
We
look
forward
to
talking
to
you,
then
all
right.