Feb. 12, 2019 At this morning's Forum, three veteran news reporters offered a short primer on getting stories out. There was talk of media segmentation: Some outlets focus on hard news, others on entertainment, etc. What you want to publicize may suggest who to make contact with. There was ... Continue Reading →
Preparing for the upcoming moment
Feb. 5, 2019 Jesse Cureton is on the mental move all the time. From the Southside Homes of his low-income youth to the corporate C-suite. From raising millions so his city could host the upcoming NBA All Stars game to designing his own approach to meeting the financial goals of the ... Continue Reading →
Promoting understanding of the complicated insurance world
Jan. 29, 2019 Robin Tolliver-Ayotunde is an insurance broker. Her background is in health insurance. On Tuesday she presented herself as marketing director for World Financial Group, a Transamerica unit based in Georgia and with a Charlotte office on Independence. She answered lots of questions ... Continue Reading →
Vakala outlines a ‘cultural strategy’ to undergird action for change
Jan. 22, 2019 Vakala thinks deeply about culture, and how most people allow themselves to be defined by whatever culture they join or find themselves in. One of his examples this morning: On 9/11, he says he saw most of his African-American friends on the UNC Chapel Hill campus consider the ... Continue Reading →
Mitchell offers his views on how Charlotte lost the CIAA tourney
Jan. 8, 2019 James Mitchell was scheduled to speak about something else on this morning after the CIAA announced it would take its tournament to Baltimore. But in this excerpt from the Forum captured by Jessica Davis, Mitchell addresses the issue of the day. In this telling, the city's bid to ... Continue Reading →
Christmas Party 2018
Dec. 18, 2018 Friends shared a breakfast catered by Friendship Trays. Dr. Thomas Moore played and sang and accompanied the festivities. Natheley McElrath led the group in games. Mary Johnson announced that the 2018 donations to the Coffee Pot Fund in excess of the cost of supplies would be donated ... Continue Reading →
Fielding tools & people to help struggling readers
Chart illustrates how, on a schoolwide basis, reading test scores tend to fall as the prevalence of family poverty at a school increases. At right, Read Charlotte's Munro Richardson. Dec. 4, 2018 If only, with a tip of his right finger, Munro Richardson could lift the right end of the line up, up ... Continue Reading →
Pusuing a dream of a museum focused on African-Americans
Nov. 27, 2018 There were several engaging conversations at the Open Forum this morning. One was about nurturing entrepreneurship. Another was about reviving the understanding of the power of song. But the highlight was watching Winston Robinson bring to a public audience his notion that the city ... Continue Reading →
How to build daily lives that nurture all children
Nov. 13, 2018 In most discussions like this morning's, people speak out of their silos and talk past one another. Today, there was some engagement across silos. Perhaps some more communication will occur in the future. Dr. Betty Howell Gray advises groups on how schools can improve children's ... Continue Reading →
Unofficial results from the Nov. 6 election
2:13 a.m., Nov. 7, 2018 Unofficial returns from Mecklenburg County. In statewide races, leader in Mecklenburg voting may not have won. Parties: D=Democratic; R=Republican; C=Constitutional; L=Libertarian. ... Continue Reading →
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