Next week: Mary McCray, chairperson of the CMS Board of Education. Tommie Robinson announced that he would stage his first Charlotte art exhibit in 12 years at the Latibah Collard Green Museum, 720 Tuckaseegee Rd., from March 20. Robinson has been named 7th African Artist-in-Residence at UNCC ... Continue Reading →

Next week: Mary McCray, chairperson of the CMS Board of Education. Laura McClettie announced that the C.W. Williams Community Health Center has hired three doctors to serve its patients, and that the center is continuing to hold open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act through March ... Continue Reading →

Next week: Chamber of Commerce President Bob Morgan. The Feb. 17 Forum was cancelled due to icy roads. The following announcements arrived by e-mail: LaWana Mayfield sent in an announcement of a Charlotte District 3 town hall on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 9:30 a.m.-noon at the West Service Center, ... Continue Reading →

Laura McClettie announced that C.W. Williams Community Health Center was still taking applications for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Enrollment opportunities include Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Children and Family Services Center, 601 E. 5th St. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, ... Continue Reading →

Next week: George Metz Jr., Communities In Schools Re-Entry Program at West Charlotte High. Sarah Stevenson announced for Al Austin an appearance by U.S. Rep. Alma Adams on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. Details here. Joel Ford sent in a spreadsheet listing the A-F school performance scores and ... Continue Reading →

Robert Dawkins sent in this quote from Elie Wiesel to mark Tuesday’s 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz: “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite ... Continue Reading →

Next week: Charlotte City Manager Ron Carlee. Ken Koontz announced his ongoing video project, “My Life, My Words, My Story,” allowing people to tell their own life stories on video. For info: Koontz at 704-804-1308 or e-mail. Tommie Robinson rose to say he needed people to buy his artwork so ... Continue Reading →

LaWana Mayfield asked for prayers for Ella Talley, and for her husband Allen Talley who has been hospitalized. LaWana Mayfield announced some of the events of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, which begin Thursday, Jan. 15. Details here. Queen Thompson announced she had copies of a Democracy ... Continue Reading →

Next week: Belk Foundation on a project to have all children reading well by the end of third grade. Karen Gipson announced that the 21st annual MLK Holiday Prayer Breakfast is Monday, Jan. 19 at 8 a.m. at the Convention Center. Speaker is Ben Jealous, former CEO and president of the NAACP. ... Continue Reading →

The Forum next meets on Jan. 6, 2015. The following announcements have accumulated since Dec. 23: Jeri Thompson sent in an announcement that the Charlotte Post Foundation has raised $19,0000 toward its $75,000 campaign to raise funds “to improve educational outcomes in some of the city’s most ... Continue Reading →