April 6, 2026 An idea came to me last week, years after I began pondering how to trim the Forum Announcements load to a manageable task that was sustainable before I, like the Cheshire Cat, slowly fade away. From late January through today, more than 200 e-mails to the Forum contained material ... Continue Reading →
Shortchange the children no more
NC Supreme Court issues Leandro decision by Ann McColl, EdNC.org | April 2, 2026 On Thursday, the North Carolina Supreme Court, in a 4-3 opinion, brought an end to the Leandro litigation with no possibility to address procedural flaws identified by the court. It also ruled that the 2022 ... Continue Reading →
Sounding the alarm on multiple myeloma
Medical disclaimer: The Forum's discussion on March 31, 2026, was about a very serious illness named multiple myeloma. The presentations and answers to questions provide some information on the disease, how it affects the body and some of the disease's symptoms. This information is provided to raise ... Continue Reading →
By ZHATEYA JONES In a room filled with testimony, urgency and truth, one message echoed louder than the rest: Listen to your body – and fight to be heard. At a recent community forum led by Rev. Corine Mack, president of the Charlotte Mecklenburg NAACP, residents gathered to confront a disease ... Continue Reading →
An appeal for support of making Charlotte better
Then-Mayor Anthony Foxx made a presentation and answered questions at the Aug. 14, 2012 Forum. This clip contains his closing statement. ... Continue Reading →
Writing Truth, Fighting for Community, and Turning Life into Legacy
March 24, 2026 By ZHATEYA JONES In a world where many wait for permission to speak, Dr. Blanche Penn has built a life – and a literary catalog – on doing the opposite. Author, community advocate, and civic leader, Penn has spent decades transforming lived experience into testimony, using her ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Blanche Penn: Do homework, then push push push for change
– – – – – Below is a major portion of the Forum meeting as broadcast live to Facebook today by Ché Abdullah. ... Continue Reading →
Why African-Americans thrived despite Jim Crow schools
Despite inadequate buildings and out-of-date textbooks, many African-Americans thrived in segregated CMS schools. In this Forum discussion, some of those taught during the era of Jim Crow explain why. The clips in this video are from the Forum's Feb. 7, 2023 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
Visioning the future & building resources to make it happen
March 17, 2026 Deidra Willis has an approach to meshing life goals with financial instruments that might help you achieve the goals. First, the financial planner told Forum participants this morning, is to figure out where you're headed. Do you have the education you need? What assets ... Continue Reading →
The music: ‘It’s in you’
The clip in this video is from the Forum's March 12, 2013 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
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