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.

2024

Feb. 8: Pride Magazine’s Pride Awards luncheon, from 11 a.m., Westin, 601 S. College St. Individual online tickets $324.21.

March 7: C.W. Williams Heath Center’s 6^th Women’s Health & Doctor Recognition Luncheon, noon-1:30 p.m., Hilton Uptown Charlotte. Tickets $50 here.

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

Natasha Marcus 10-20 10-20

Joyce Waddell 10-23

Governments & Nonprofits

Council for Children’s Rights 10-18

UNCC Urban Institute 10-19