June 8, 2021 The Forum marks the upcoming 95th birthday of Thelma N. McKoy of Charlotte, “one of Charlotte's pioneers and historians that originally brought to Charlotte the Juneteenth event celebration,” writes Garcia Nelson. Maria Macon recalls that McKoy “started small, hosting Juneteenth in ... Continue Reading →
How knocking on doors boosted Census accuracy
May 25, 2021 It was six months from Census deadline, and participation had risen to just over half the number of people that demographers believed actually live in Mecklenburg County. Literally millions of federal dollars would be lost in the future if the count fell short and Mecklenburg groups ... Continue Reading →
NAACP leader on protests after police killing in Elizabeth City
April 27, 2021 Another family mourns. Another city gathers up its resources to sustain a street protest in the name of justice. Another African American is dead after law enforcement action to serve a search warrant. The community's name is Elizabeth City. Keith Rivers is president of the ... Continue Reading →
Chief Jennings’ statement after Chauvin verdict
April 20, 2021 A statement by CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings Tuesday afternoon, after Minneapolis jurors delivered their verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial in the death of George Floyd. ... Continue Reading →
Activating a community for joint action with others
April 13, 2021 Two presenters reviewed efforts to activate North Carolina's black voters, and to organize joint action with Latinex and other groups to pursue political reform and improvements in the lives of all North Carolinians. For a Mecklenburg audience, it might have been particularly ... Continue Reading →
Update on Beatties Ford corridor improvements
March 16, 2021 District 2 City Council member Malcolm Graham and city Corridors of Opportunity Project Manager Cherie Smith delved into timelines for improvements along the Beatties Ford Road corridor, along with a myriad of current and upcoming development projects involving the public or private ... Continue Reading →
‘Holding on to Hope’
Nov. 1, 2020 Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, offered the sermon at the National Cathedral’s Nov. 1 service, "Holding on to Hope: A National Service for Healing and Wholeness." Click on the photo above to watch the video. Before his 2015 election as presiding ... Continue Reading →
‘My daddy changed the world’
Page initiated June 6, 2020 “We are plagued with the harsh reality that it could be us. It is us. The songs that were sung and the movements that were made were all entirely too familiar. The Floyd family is just like any other black American family. In pain, grasping hope, and determined to meet ... Continue Reading →
Richard McElrath dies
March 18, 2020 Richard Allen McElrath Sr., longtime Forum participant, former CMS math teacher and District 2 representative on the CMS Board of Education, died Wednesday, March 18, 2020. His sister Natheley reported that Richard had been in Hospice care about two weeks, following a year in ... Continue Reading →
Black Film Festival; police chief hiring survey; etc.
March 10, 2020 April Benson and Patricia Campbell filled in for Tommy Nichols to outline plans for Nichols' Charlotte Black Film Festival. And Paula Rinnik was back to collect more surveys about issues residents consider important in the hiring of a new police chief. Scattered through the ... Continue Reading →
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