CMS sent in a link to a video on becoming a minority suppler on school construction projects.
A grant opportunity for a nonprofit serving a Corridor of Opportunity is here.
April 10: The Big Read Day, an invitation from Alliance Center for Education for adults to read to children at facilities across Mecklenburg. Info and sign-up slots here.
April 11: Black Maternity Health Conference, “Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Improving Black Maternal Health,” 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Conference Center. Agenda here. Register here.
April 13: MeckMin and JustServe Service Project, at Latin American Coalition Newcomers Resource Fair, noon-4 p.m. Info and registration here.
April 14: MeckMIN Interfaith Youth Panel, 5-6:30 p.m., Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Rd. Register here.
April 16: “Maternal health disparities for black women,” a Charlotte Post Foundation Zoom conversation. Info and registration here.
April 18: MeckMIN Faith Leader Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Union Seminary, 5141 Sharon Rd. Register here.
April 20: Charlotte African American Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Grady Cole Center, 301 Kings Dr.
April 24: CMS Supplier Diversity Summit, 9-11 a.m., free, Goodwill Opportunity Campus, 5301 Wilkinson Blvd. Reservations here.
April 24: MeckMIN nonviolent communication training, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Baha’i Center, 3514 Marvin Rd. Register here.
April 25: Memorial for the late Superior Court Judge Shirley Fulton, who died Feb. 8, 2023, 5:30 p.m., Mecklenburg County Courthouse, 832 E. 4th St. Obituary here.
April 25: Money Magnets Club’s “FinLit Families: Multigenerational Money, ages 5-18 and their families, 6-8 p.m., 2400 Greenland Ave. Info here. Register here. Impact report for 2023 here.
April 27: NC Rep. Terry Brown Jr. quarterly office hours, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Javesca Coffee, 13501 S Tryon St.
April 27: Great West Side Fish Fry, 1-7 p.m., West Complex, 1600 W. Trade St.
April 27: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Purple Stride walk, from 7:30 a.m., walk 9-11, Romare Bearden Park. Register here. Flier here and here.
April 27: City Planning Academy Bootcamp, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Applications due March 31. Apply here.
April 29-30: North Carolina Black Alliance training for Carolinas activists looking for ways to inform their communities about local issues and to hold their local leaders accountable. Sessions 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 29; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m April 30 at Belmont Regional Center, 700 Parkwood Ave., Charlotte. Participants will be present at April 30 Forum. Register here.
April 29-May 4: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Tonia Cherry to Biloxi and New Orleans, $770.
May 2: MeckMIN Annual Community Leader Awards fundraising breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Tickets $60 and up here.
June 1: Friends of West Meck 4th Annual Future Ready Fundraiser, 4-8 p.m., Charlotte Art League building, 4237 Raleigh St. Tickets $100-$125 here.
June 3: Juneteenth flag raising, 11:30 a.m., Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2020 W Sugar Creek Rd.
June 24-27: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Tonia Cherry to Amelia Island, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla., $480.
July 29-Aug. 3: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Petronila Clark to Memphis, $765.
Oct. 14-16: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Venitra White-Dean to Charleston, $480.
Candidates, Elected Officials, Etc.
Sherrell Dorsey 4-7
Jeff Jackson 4-4
Natasha Marcus 4-5
Joyce Waddell 4-8
Governments, Nonprofits, etc.
League of Women Voters 4-3
MeckEd 4-5
NC Administrative Office of the Courts 4-5
New Rural Project 4-6
Read Charlotte 4-8