Upcoming events
Aug. 1: “Chat and Choose” table conversations with candidates for CMS board, mayor and City Council, 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. Paul Baptist Church, 1401 Allen St.
Aug. 2: Meet & Greet for Jorge Millares, Jennifer De La Jara and Matt Newton, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 3775 Concord Parkway Suite 132 Concord NC.
Aug. 2: Charity golf tournament at Birkdale; proceeds to McCrorey YMCA. Info here or Debbie Smith via e-mail.
Aug. 3: Alma Adams’ Constituent Services Fair.
Aug. 3: Money Magnets Club, 2:30 p.m., West Boulevard library, for children interested in entrepreneurship.
Aug. 4: Civics 101: What Happens When I Come Home From Prison?, 3 p.m.
Aug. 5: Alma Adams town halls.
Aug. 6: Joel Odom meet & greet, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Queens Coffee Bar.
Aug. 6: National Night Out at McCrorey Heights, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Aug. 8: Renee Perkins Johnson campaign mixer.
Aug. 10: Health Fair, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., C.W. Williams Community Health Center. Vender application.
Aug. 10: Stephanie Sneed fund-raiser, 2-4 p.m. Queens Coffee Bar.
Aug. 10: Mark Jerrell town hall, “Mental health and black men.”
Aug. 11: Civics 101: What Happens When I Come Home From Prison?, 3 p.m.
Aug. 12: NCDOT Construction Trades Academy begins, 9 a.m.
Aug. 15: Paint the Town Blue Gala, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Temple Israel, 4901 Providence Rd.
Aug. 18: Charlotte Day at Freedom Park. More info here and here.
Aug. 19: Women’s Equality Day celebration, 5:30-8 p.m., Science Building at Johnson C. Smith University, 100 Beatties Ford Rd.
Aug. 24: Belk Charity Sale. See Blanche Penn for $5 tickets supporting the Silver Fox Cheerleaders.
Aug. 24: Alma Adams’ Mad Hatter Luncheon.
Aug. 31: Sickle Cell Run/Walk, 8 a.m., videos one two.
Sept. 4: Community Resource Fair, County Courthouse. See Jessica Davis for a table.
Sept. 19: EmpowHERment Summit, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Butler High School.
Sept. 28: 12th District Military Service Academy Day.
July 13-18: Winners Plus Agency party trip to Tunica casinos.

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