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August 17, 2021

August 17, 2021

Parks and Recreation offered a web-based commentary and visual tour of the rebuilt American Legion Memorial Stadium, built in 1936 and now returned to use.
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WEBEX SIGN-IN TUTORIAL: For Forum participants who continue to have difficulty signing in to Webex on Tuesday mornings, there will be a tutorial on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. If interested please e-mail Steve Johnston for further instructions. This is a public notice because the “click here” boxes normally seen Tuesday mornings will be placed on the front of the Forum website for the duration of the Thursday afternoon test.
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Upcoming Events
Aug. 19: MeckMIN Food For Thought: “NC Social Studies Standards & Religious Diversity,” noon, on Zoom. Register here.
Aug. 19: Mecklenburg Council of Elders “Blacks Only Town Hall Meeting,” 6 p.m., 1000 Anderson St. “No Elected Officials, Media, CMPD. Let us come together to bring the issues that face our community as a whole. People are dying behind our silence. We know the problems, Lets Come with Solutions!” Flier here.
Aug. 19: Mecklenburg virtual town hall on recommendations from county’s COVID-19 Recovery & Renewal task force, 6 p.m. No pre-registration required. Sign-on details in flier.
Aug. 20: Urban League First Day Ready back-to-school event and resource fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1520 Alleghany St. Flier in English and Spanish.
Aug. 24: Mecklenburg virtual town hall on recommendations from county’s COVID-19 Recovery & Renewal task force, 6 p.m. No pre-registration required. Sign-on details in flier.
Aug. 26: Women’s (In)Equality Day, N.C. General Assembly, 10 a.m., in support of Equal Rights Amendment. More in a Natasha Marcus newsletter.
Aug. 26: Mecklenburg virtual town hall on recommendations from county’s COVID-19 Recovery & Renewal task force, 6 p.m. No pre-registration required. Sign-on details in flier.
Aug. 30: Tour of Innovation Barn and Kitchen. RSVP here.
Sept. 8: Democratic Women of Mecklenburg Annual “Paint the Town Blue” fundraiser. Website here.
Sept. 9: MeckMIN Food For Thought: “Where God is Resurrecting Sacred Community In The Least Likely Places,” 11:30 a.m., Covenant Prebyterian, 1000 E. Morehead St. Register here.
Sept. 24: “Advancing Equitable Mental Health Outcomes for Racially/Ethnically Diverse Populations, a virtual mental health summit, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., tickets $40/$25. Register here. Information here.
Oct. 5: National Night Out event, 6-9 p.m. Stumptown Park, 120 S. Trade St., Matthews.
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News & Handouts
Alma Adams 8-11
Nasif Majeed 8-16
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Goodwill Industries 8-17
Mayor Mentoring Alliance 8-10 8-17
Mecklenburg Board Bulletin 8-16
NC Dept. of Health & Human Services 8-13
Partners for Parks 8-11

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