Feb. 27, 2018 Three who serve in positions in local government made a case this morning that their presence in staff positions can help bring a diversity of views into the creation of local policy. They also told their stories of how they can help pull more people of color into positions in which ... Continue Reading →
Programs serving children need volunteers
From left: Kwain Bryant from Goodwill, Azizi Coleman from Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Agency, and Shantiqua Neely from A Child's Place. Feb. 20, 2018 Four leaders of area programs serving youth spoke about their programs today. Residents from infancy into adulthood are involved. All of the ... Continue Reading →
2 Charlotte natives are making their marks
From left: Dr. Shanté Williams, Lambert Guinn. Feb. 13, 2018 Two Charlotte natives are back in the city and they are making their marks. Dr. Shanté Williams is a chemist and inventor with a work history in big pharma. All that has led her into founding an investment firm and head the city's ... Continue Reading →
Black women who were ‘firsts’
From left: Vi Lyles, Beverly Earle, Ella Scarborough and Sarah Stevenson. Feb. 6, 2018 A panel of five woman were at Belmont Center this morning as the Forum opened Black History Month with a wide-ranging discussion that focused not so much on celebration of these women's victories and ... Continue Reading →
More than ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
This article, from the February 2018 edition of the Charmeck Chronicle, is published here with permission of the author. By DonnaMarie Woodson My memory of Lorraine Hansberry is as the author of the groundbreaking play, "A Raisin in the Sun" about the dynamics of a struggling black family, but ... Continue Reading →
Election 2018: Priscilla Johnson
– Page initiated Jan. 30, 2018 Priscilla Johnson has announced that she will be a candidate for the N.C. House representing District 99. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on ... Continue Reading →
Election 2018: Rodney Moore
– Page initiated Jan. 30, 2018 Rodney Moore has announced that he will be a candidate for re-election to the N.C. House representing Distict 99. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on ... Continue Reading →
Election 2018: Joel Ford
– Page initiated Jan. 30, 2018 Joel Ford has announced that he will be a candidate for re-election the the N.C. General Assembly representing District 38. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, ... Continue Reading →
Election 2018: Elisa Chinn Gary
– Page initiated Jan. 30, 2018 Elisa Chinn Gary has announced that she will be a candidate for re-election as Mecklenburg Clerk of Superior Court. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on ... Continue Reading →
Stevenson: No candidate forums before May 8 primary
Jan. 30, 2018 Forum co-founder Sarah Stevenson announced today that the Forum would not hold candidate forums before the May 8 primary. Here is her statement. To start the video, click on it. If Stevenson changes her mind, of course, this page will be updated. But even if the ... Continue Reading →
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