Oct. 20: Profound Gentlemen Soirée, 6 p.m., Gantt Center, 551 S. Tryon St. Tickets $50 here.
Oct. 24: Virtual panel discussion of breast cancer with medical professionals and survivors, 7-8:30 p.m., free on Zoom. Register here.
Oct. 28: Prayer Walk for Sugar Creek, Tom Hunter and North Tryon communities, 2-5 p.m. Tom Hunter Park, 919 Tom Hunter Rd.
Nov. 4: Big Boys Do Cry Men’s Empowerment Luncheon, 11 a.m., Revive Church Charlotte, 6021 Beatties Ford Rd. Tickets $23.18 here.
Nov. 5: Naming ceremony at the Dr. Joyce Davis Waddell Center for Health and Wellbeing at UNCC, 3-4:30 p.m., 9530 Poplar Terrace Dr. Register here.
Nov. 18: Yap Ye Iswa Festival for middle and high school youth and adult leaders, 10 a.m., Catawba Cultural Center near Rock Hill, SC. Register here.
Nov. 21: Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, 7 p.m., Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3115 Providence Rd. RSVP here.
Nov. 27-Dec. 1: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Petronila Clark for The Ark Encounter and Creation Museum near Cincinnati.
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Feb. 8: Pride Magazine’s Pride Awards luncheon, from 11 a.m., Westin, 601 S. College St. Individual online tickets $324.21.
April 29-May 4: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Tonia Cherry to Biloxi and New Orleans, $770.
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.
Sept. 2-6: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Petronila Clark to Savannah, Jekyll Island and Beaufort, S.C., $765.
Oct. 14-16: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Venitra White-Dean to Charleston, $480.
Upcoming Deadlines:
Nov. 17: Deadline for application for Mecklenburg homeowner economic assistance grants. Details here.
Candidates & Elected Officials
Shamaiye Haynes 10-13
Joyce Waddell 10-16
Governments & Nonprofits
Alliance of Moral Progressives 10-12
Center for Community Transitions 10-17
Goodwiill Industries 10-16
NC Administrative Office of the Courts 10-12 10-13 10-16
New Rural Project 10-14
UNCC Urban Institute 10-12