March 6, 2017 They tend the sick. They strengthen those recovering from illness or falls. They nourish the bodies of those who can no longer prepare meals for themselves and have no one to prepare meals for them. Most of Tuesday's questions went to Renee Rizzuti, whose organization, PACE of the ... Continue Reading →
Programs serving children need volunteers
From left: Kwain Bryant from Goodwill, Azizi Coleman from Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Agency, and Shantiqua Neely from A Child's Place. Feb. 20, 2018 Four leaders of area programs serving youth spoke about their programs today. Residents from infancy into adulthood are involved. All of the ... Continue Reading →
Terri Joelle portrays Queen Charlotte to teach history
Jan. 23, 2018 Terri Joelle portrays Queen Charlotte, as a tour guide and as a teacher of history. She brought some of her show to the Forum this morning. During her presentation, Joelle refers to slides that were viewable on the wall behind her during the presentation. Those slides are below the ... Continue Reading →
Single-payer: Shifting dollars from paperwork to better health for people
Sept. 19, 2017 Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe spent decades as a practicing Charlotte pediatrician, many of those years in clinics serving low-income clients. She has personal experience with people unable to afford the health care that would have given them hope for a better life. Today, she is ... Continue Reading →
Interim Health Department director outlines path forward
July 18, 2017 Standing on the recommendations of inside and outside program assessments, Interim Health Director Gibbie Harris on Tuesday laid out a tentative vision of how the department she has led for three weeks can escape the headlines and improve its services to the community. Elements ... Continue Reading →
A mission for better health, from the feet up
June 13, 2017 Manny Ohonme funded Samaritan's Feet in 2003 with his wife Tracie. The nonprofit puts shoes on children and adults who have ill-fitting shoes or, as often, none at all. The goal is protection against soil-transmitted diseases. Ohonme's Nigerian boyhood changed when he received a ... Continue Reading →
Working one-on-one to bring freed prisoners home
May 9, 2017 Dr. Madeline McClenney-Sadler says she leads a staff of 10 part-timers with a total annual budget of about $150,000. In a community of billion-dollar budgets, McClenney-Sadler’s Exodus Foundation appears to be hobbled by the dearth of support for helping the once-incarcerated to ... Continue Reading →
Report on environment advocacy conference
Nov. 1, 2016 Nakisa Glover, a national climate justice organizer for the Hip Hop Conference, reported to the Forum on an Oct. 25-26 EPA National Training & Resources Summit for Revitalizing Vulnerable Communities in Arlington, Va. The agenda from the conference is here. ... Continue Reading →
Bea Thompson on Inner Vision
Oct. 11, 2016 Bea Thompson offered a short description of Inner Vision, a mental health nonprofit. Thompson became the group's spokesperson after retiring earlier this year as news and public affairs director at WBAV-FM and WPEG-FM. Thompson provided this brochure to Forum participants. Below ... Continue Reading →
Practices focus on mental health, senior health needs
June 28, 2016 Three people representing health care providers presented this morning. Their lines of work are different. Their appointed tasks vary. The patients they serve vary as well. If there were themes that tied the morning together, they were that these small organizations struggle to get ... Continue Reading →
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