Jan. 25, 2022 Forum participants today listened to stories describing how meetings over the last year among women focused on women’s overall health have led to a multi-pronged effort, first to recognize leaders in women’s health, and second to provide women ways to find the support they need to ... Continue Reading →
Barbara Ledford, former Dub-C principal, dies
Jan. 24, 2022 Barbara Ledford, former West Charlotte High principal and inspiration to many of her students, died Dec. 30. A Charlotte Ledger appreciation, republished in QCityMetro here. – – – ... Continue Reading →
Rebuilding K-12 education after COVID disruption
Jan. 4, 2022 On a day when CMS and other schools were returning to classrooms, Forum participants engaged in a discussion of challlenges schools face in the post-COVID era. The conversation covered lots of ground: Many children have fallen behind amid remote learning. Teachers are leaving for ... Continue Reading →
Profound Gentlemen tallies its educator support efforts
Dec. 31, 2021 Charlotte-based Profound Gentlemen issued an annual report outlining the year’s accomplishments in supporting male educators of color both professionally and personally as a way to boost retention of these mentors in America’s classrooms. The details were provided in a YouTube ... Continue Reading →
Incoming health director on pandemic, health disparities
Nov. 30, 2021 The incoming director of the Mecklenburg County Health Department has most of the department running flat-out to meet the COVID-19 challenge. But a busted wi-fi connection in his office sent him off to a conference room with a cell phone camera. Yet, he barely missed a beat. Dr. ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown dies
Nov. 18, 2021 Additional information on Dr. Gorman-Brown’s life and contributions is at QCityMetro. The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Post American Academy of Family Physicians ... Continue Reading →
Read Charlotte reports on 3rd quarter work
Nov. 5, 2021 Munro Richardson sent in the following pages from a third-quarter report from Read Charlotte. All of the pages are in a downloadable PDF here. ... Continue Reading →
Mending the digital divide – one person at a time
Nov. 2, 2021 Many thousands of Charlotte-Mecklenburg households are caught in the "digital divide," without access to a near-essential utility of modern life, used now for job applications, banking, bill-pay and even school homework. If you don't have money to pay for a laptop, or to pay for the ... Continue Reading →
Church coalition seeks CMS help with struggling students
Oct. 26, 2021 Perhaps 100 Charlotte faith houses make up the African-American Faith Alliance. About 20 churches are actively engaged. Their goal: Improve student achievement in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Two of the group's leaders, Dr. Dennis Williams of Faith Memorial Missionary Baptist ... Continue Reading →
C.W. Williams plans to rebuild on Wilkinson Blvd.
Oct. 20, 2021 The following material was published online by The Charlotte Observer this morning. It is online here. Below are pictures of how the story appeared in the print edition on Oct. 23. ... Continue Reading →
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