By Barbara A. Ratliff To vote is to practice your right to dictate your future.... I vote because it is a privilege .... I vote because I want my VOICE heard.... Vote like your life and happiness depends on it! Barbara A. Ratliff was on her college debate team. She ... Continue Reading →
‘Let no one stop you from voting’
By Dr. Blanche Penn Vote. Vote. I will. Vote. It is important. Let no one stop you from voting. Dr. Blanche Penn has focused much of her life on what the late John Lewis called “good trouble.” She is a regular presence at local government meetings. She’s advocated for ... Continue Reading →
President, first lady test positive for coronavirus
President Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus. More information here and elsewhere. ... Continue Reading →
‘I want democracy for all’
By Sandra Clory I'm voting because I can, I'm not illiterate and I want democracy for all. In August of 1920, because of the Women's Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment together, white women were permitted to vote. But it wasn't until 1965 that Black women were allowed to ... Continue Reading →
‘People have abrogated their good sense’
By Dee Williams I am voting because I am afraid of what will happen if I do not. Before now, I voted for "hope,” but now I am voting out of "urgency.” It is as if people have abrogated their good sense and the ability to say, "No." A democracy's survival depends on people having ... Continue Reading →
‘for human rights for all’
By Nancy Carter I am voting for our future; for clean air and water; for health care, including pre-existing conditions; for human rights for all. Nancy Carter represented District 5 on Charlotte City Council from 1999 to 2011, and has ... Continue Reading →
‘Because of THEM’
By Sonya Waters I am voting because... Of THEM .... I can Because of THEM.... I know who I am Because of THEM.... I am she Because of THEM.... I know me Because of THEM.... I can raise my hand AND because of THEM.... I must STAND!. Sonya ... Continue Reading →
‘Democracy is being imperiled’
By Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs I voted (yes! I have already voted) because our very democracy is being imperiled by a would-be autocrat and his enablers. Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs is Principal Consultant at ROI Impact Consulting. She has served at the Executive ... Continue Reading →
‘the sacrifices made’
By Colette Forrest My 94-year-old grandmother with dementia can’t vote – but I can. She raised me to know the importance of our vote and the sacrifices made by our ancestors. Colette Forrest is primary principal at ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Gyasi Foluke has died
Sept. 26, 2020 Dr. Gyasi Foluke, a longtime Forum participant, has died. He was 88. A note of his passing, here, says he died Sept. 25. Neighbors reportedly called police after he had not been seen for some time in his Hyde Park neighborhood. Born in the public housing projects of ... Continue Reading →
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