{"id":93567,"date":"2026-06-09T11:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=93567"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:07:21","slug":"the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, author of The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin & Audre Lorde, for a special Juneteenth conversation at Noir Collective AVL. Dr. Vesely-Flad is the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and an acclaimed scholar whose work explores Black culture, spirituality, and social justice.<\/p>\n

In conversation with Noir Collective AVL co-owner Alexandria Monique Ravenel, she will discuss the enduring wisdom of Baldwin and Lorde, the pursuit of liberation, and the power of Black intellectual traditions. A book signing will follow the discussion.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccd Noir Collective AVL, 39 S. Market Street, Asheville, NC
\n\ud83d\uddd3 June 19 | 2:00 PM
\n\ud83d\udcda Book signing following the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, author of The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin & Audre Lorde, for a special Juneteenth conversation at Noir Collective AVL. Dr. Vesely-Flad is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":93571,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-93567","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy - The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, author of The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin & Audre Lorde, for a special Juneteenth conversation at Noir Collective AVL. Dr. Vesely-Flad is the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-09T23:07:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1237\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy - The Laurel of Asheville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-09T15:16:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-09T23:07:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png\",\"width\":1237,\"height\":1600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/event\\\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville\",\"description\":\"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy - The Laurel of Asheville","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy - The Laurel of Asheville","og_description":"Join Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, author of The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin & Audre Lorde, for a special Juneteenth conversation at Noir Collective AVL. Dr. Vesely-Flad is the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_modified_time":"2026-06-09T23:07:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1237,"height":1600,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/","name":"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy - The Laurel of Asheville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png","datePublished":"2026-06-09T15:16:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-09T23:07:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Booksigning-at-Noir-Rima-2.png","width":1237,"height":1600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/the-fire-inside-a-juneteenth-conversation-on-liberation-legacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Fire Inside: A Juneteenth Conversation on Liberation & Legacy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/93567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/93567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93568,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/93567\/revisions\/93568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93567"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=93567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}