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  • More important than any single check cut to any African American, the payment of reparations would represent America’s maturation out of the childhood myth of its innocence into a wisdom worthy of its founders.

    Ta-Nehisi Coates

  • The nation must not only radically readjust its attitude toward the Negro in the compelling present, but must incorporate in its planning some compensatory consideration for the handicaps he has inherited from the past.

    Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Now more than ever, we know that many of the racial disparities that weigh this country down, and divide people in the US from each other, are unnecessary and can be eradicated if we address the ongoing legacy of enslavement.

    National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA)

  • The City Council of Asheville calls on other organizations and institutions in Asheville that have advanced and benefitted from racial inequity to join the city in its apologies and invites them to address racism within their own structures and programs and to work with the city to more comprehensively address systemic racism.

    Asheville City Council Reparations Resolution

  • It is impossible to create a formula for the future which does not take into account that our society has been doing something special against the Negro for hundreds of years.

    Martin Luther King, Jr

Pay Reparations.

We invite individuals, families, and institutions who would like to provide monetary reparations to Buncombe County’s Black residents to donate to the RSAA’s Reparations Fund.

Decisions about how funds are distributed will be made by RSAA’s Black membership-stakeholders.

The RSAA’s Reparations Fund is designed to be a perpetual resource for Buncombe County’s Black community, to complement the tax revenue stream earmarked by the City and County for initial reparations remedies, and to ensure funding is available for reparations once those tax revenues are no longer available.

Invest in Impact: Fueling Operations & Programs.

We invite individuals, families, and institutions passionate about supporting our mission to invest in RSAA. Your contributions as unrestricted funds are vital in fueling our operations and programming. Together, let's amplify Black voices, foster equity, and promote healing.

While not designated for monetary reparations, your support empowers us to create meaningful initiatives and provide vital resources to our community.