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Happy Holidays 2023
These seasonal pictures were published in the “Recently at the Forum” space on the front of this website during the Forum’s winter holiday. ... Continue Reading →
Urban League group seeks active role for young adults 21-40
Dec. 5, 2023 Ratasha Smith is an advocacy committee co-chair of the Young Professionals group of the National Urban League attached to the Charlotte affiliate. Her presentation followed an event the advocacy group held with a delegation of police officers. That event was set up following a video ... Continue Reading →
Forum Christmas Party is Dec. 12
Finding and then aiding people in need – where they are
Nov. 28, 2023 Few Forum meetings produce as much truth-telling and candor as this morning’s. Few provide as many pieces of wisdom that many Charlotte residents might rather not hear. Few provide a more layered, informed and grounded primer in how to help Charlotteans in need. Needless to say, only ... Continue Reading →
Help’s available – if low-income residents can find it
Nov. 21, 2023 The good news is that Mecklenburg County is committed to creating one-stop sites where low-income applicants for various seasonal and year-round housing, heating and renovation assistance programs can go to meet with a trained employee to guide them through the application ... Continue Reading →
People can help you through the annual health insurance thicket
Nov. 14, 2022 Three people who work with the labyrinth of health insurance coverage rules offered lots of information this morning. The session was timely: Medicare’s open enrollment period closes in a few weeks, and a similar Affordable Care Act deadline looms in January. But if you come away ... Continue Reading →
Election 2023
195 of 195 precincts reporting; Nov. 7, 2023 Release of Mecklenburg vote totals will occur in real time at the NC Board of Elections website here after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. This page will not report write-ins. It is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson
Oct. 31, 2023 First-term Congressman Jeff Jackson announced he would run next year for N.C. Attorney General. The new 14th Congressional District, in his view, has been redrawn out from under him by the N.C. General Assembly. No one in the audience this morning questioned his assessment. In his ... Continue Reading →
The Males Place
Oct. 31, 2023 The nonprofits that are continuing to do good after 30 years are relatively rare. The Males Place is in its 30th year, and is continuing its chosen mission of focusing resources, knowledge and huge quantities of adult love and guidance on preparing teenaged boys to develop into ... Continue Reading →
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