June 6, 2017 Rickey Hall was to be part of a panel discussion of the city's Neighborhood Matching Grants program. His late arrival put him on front of the Forum alone, and his comments went way beyond the city program explored here. Hall described a from-the-bottom-up effort to end food ... Continue Reading →
Sherrell Dorsey, leading in the tech space, focusing on action
March 28, 2017 Sherrell Dorsey is from Charlotte – and Seattle, and New York, and Connecticut. Like many of her fellow millennials, she appears to have had about nine jobs in the last seven years. She's moving! This morning she fired up another crowd, this one full of hardbitten longtime ... Continue Reading →
Minority Contracting 101: Rachelle Latimer offers some pointers
March 7, 2017 Rachelle Latimer is president and chief diversity officer for TRS&I Group, Inc., consultants on meeting equal opportunity program requirements. The firm was recently hired to work with Sugar Creek Construction, one of the prime partners in the current construction of 26 miles of ... Continue Reading →
Counting the days: CIAA prepares for Charlotte tournament
Feb. 13, 2017 Ticket sales are down. Hotel bookings are down. By how much wasn’t disclosed. But for CIAA Commissioner Jacquie McWilliams, it's time both to be "nervous" and "excited." Next week's tournament will draw thousands of visitors to Charlotte. Basketball will be played at Bojangles ... Continue Reading →
Post Foundation explains its Black Lives Matter Charlotte initiative
Jan. 10, 2017 Tiffany Capers' day job is at Teach for America. She appeared Tuesday at the Forum as a board member of the Charlotte Post Foundation, a group that has been holding programs in the community under the banner "Black Lives Matter Charlotte." In the video below of her presentation, ... Continue Reading →
An Open Forum with lots to discuss
June 7, 2016 Open Forums regularly cover a lot of ground. Today’s was no exception. – CMS is hiring bus drivers. Jon Kennerly and Cindy Jeffries explain the details. A flier is here. – Sheila Peltzer continues to lobby legislators for a more robust legal presumption that both parents should ... Continue Reading →
Young Entrepreneurs Network: A living, singing ambassador
April 5, 2016 Maria Macon had brought a group of young people to the Forum Sept. 4, 2014 to introduce them as the Young Entrepreneurs Network. Macon teaches business basics, and she will soon launch Class 5. And to give an example of young African-American entrepreneurs finding success, Macon ... Continue Reading →
CIAA staffers describe operation, upcoming tournament, outreach
Jan. 12, 2016 The small staff of Charlotte-based CIAA manages dozens of operations each year. But they are gearing up for one of the larger such operations: the CIAA basketball tournament. In a presentation this morning, two staff members described how the organization is set up, and what's ... Continue Reading →
‘Working to get more of Charlotte connected’
Nov. 19, 2015 QCityMetro profiles J’Tanya Adams’ work spearheading Saturday’s Internet and Computer Bazaar to provide more low-income families access to the Internet. Read the story here. ... Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurs all: Owners of businesses of all sizes share experiences
July 28, 2015 Three sat at the speakers' table. More just stood up in the audience. Tuesday's Forum turned into a celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit that has propelled African-Americans into the middle class and opened up new opportunities in the community. Artist Tommie ... Continue Reading →
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