April 15, 2025 Listen below, young people, to the eyewitness testimonies of two women who, as teenagers, faced harassment, name-calling and worse just for having a commitment to obtain a good education. Listen below, young people, to judge what it took to make Charlotte, not a perfect place, but ... Continue Reading →
Library system aims to expand services to all, CEO says
April 8, 2025 Behind each second-floor framed window at the new University City Regional Library, there is a lounge chair. Nearly every chair is filled most hours of the day, says library system CEO MT Turner. And that excites him. A public enterprise serving its public. Expanding its reach to ... Continue Reading →
Obama marks 15th anniversary of Affordable Care Act
March 23, 2025 Barack Obama marked the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act with this video. ... Continue Reading →
A community health center tells its story
Jan. 7, 2025 Under the C.W. Williams Community Health Center umbrella are an increasing number of professional medical services that are available to underserved residents to Mecklenburg and nearby communities. To spread that word, Jennifer Fuentes, executive assistant to CEO Debra Weeks, presented ... Continue Reading →
To your health: Advice from a diabetes educator
Dec. 10, 2024 Years in medical facilities helped Keisha Lewis see a need for diabetes education. She brought to the Forum today some of what she's learned, and shares with others through her private consultancy. Lewis's contact info is on the second-last slide below. Below the video from this ... Continue Reading →
Adding seats, locations to serve community’s youngest children
Sept. 24, 2024 Bethlehem Center bought billboard space in March 2020 to announce its new name: The Alliance Center for Education. That was the month that COVID-19 grounded commuter traffic, and Alliance Center has yet to become the household word that Bethelehem Center was for decades for thousands ... Continue Reading →
Ventures under way to address westside food deserts
Aug. 6, 2024 A real estate investor seven years into an effort to build a grocery to serve Statesville Avenue neighborhoods. A Beatties Ford Road advocate pulling together a community owned food co-op. A leader of a farm-to-family food provider serving multiple counties. A 20-year veteran ... Continue Reading →
Navigating services for aging adults and mental health issues
May 21, 2024 At a Forum focused on older adult and mental health issues and the organizations offering assistance, presenters offered wisdom, advice and references to groups that could help. But they also laid on the table the reasons that they were attracted to the difficult social service and ... Continue Reading →
Goodwill pubilshes its 2023 annual report
May 13, 2024 Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont today published its 2023 annual report. The entire report is available as a PDF download here. The 16 pages of the report are below. Links to videos referenced in the report are ... Continue Reading →
Summer programs aim to stimulate teen interest in STEM
May 7, 2024 From Victor Mack, director of the UNCC Center for STEM Education's Pre-College Program. For details on costs, dates, etc., follow links below. The UNC Charlotte Center for STEM Education Pre-College Program is currently enrolling students for its Summer Scholars programs. The goal ... Continue Reading →
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