March 7, 2023 Memories flowed this morning as three who were among the first Black women hired by Charlotte TV broadcasters shared the good and the bad, the hilarious and the horrific that they witnessed. Deborah Mann Gibbs, a St. Louis native, joined WBTV in 1975. Just a month earlier, she had ... Continue Reading →
Equity Initiative: What’s ahead, what’s already on a bumpy path
Feb. 28, 2023; last updated March 1 Malcomb Coley offered to talk about how Mayor Lyles' Racial Equity Initiative came together. As a campaign chair of the $250 million fundraising project, Coley had much to report on. But one of the things that Coley chose to disclose was a development project ... Continue Reading →
‘We simply must have faith in each other’
Feb. 24, 2023 Our thanks to New York Times columnist David French for pointing out the prophetic words of President Jimmy Carter in 1979 that got to the crux of issues still facing the American community in 2023. Forum participants under 40 were not even born when these words were delivered to a ... Continue Reading →
Listening to district voices for CMS Board of Education
Feb. 21, 2023 Four of the six District representatives on the CMS Board of Education participated this morning in a discussion at the Forum. The initial idea was to compare how the promises they made before November's election compared with their actions to date. The quick answer is that very ... Continue Reading →
Giving all a chance to bid to serve Charlotte area visitors
Feb. 14, 2023 Anthony Shelborne just wanted a link on the Forum's website for material from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Facilitator Laura McClettie knew that Shelborne also had a story to tell. This morning Forum participants heard that story – not a personal rags-to-riches yarn, ... Continue Reading →
Things lost, nothing forgotten: Mecklenburg’s Black schools
Rep. Adams marks Black History Month in House floor speech
Feb. 1, 2023 Below is the text as prepared for delivery of U.S. Rep. Alma Adams' floor speech marking Black History Month. "Today I rise to celebrate the first day of Black History Month, and to honor the Greensboro Four for exemplifying this year’s Black History Month theme, Black ... Continue Reading →
History doesn’t make people; People make history
Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023 Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →
Tools for reading emotions, in others and yourself
Jan. 31, 2023 Note to young people: Sometimes your work life can spring right out of and build on your life experience. Mic Alexander's current situation is a case in point. Some life events that Alexander described this morning led her to ask, how did I overcome these issues and handle it all? ... Continue Reading →
Aiding seniors, stabilizing neighborhoods
Jan. 24, 2023 A thirtysomething whirlwind, a Charleston-born lawyer named Alesha Brown, is building in Charlotte a service organization that may help people decide for themselves whether community efforts just happen, or whether the ones that thrive and serve are blessed with energetic, engaged and ... Continue Reading →
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