May 13, 2025 On the occasion of Mental Health Month, practitioners from several Charlotte area groups offering assistance to individuals and families facing mental health challenges presented this morning. The focus was not really on the labyrinth of assistance programs, and certainly not on all ... Continue Reading →
Helping youth open doors to a rewarding lifetime
April 29, 2025 Youth who didn't grow up watching adults install electrical wiring might scurry from the sound of circuit breakers blowing, or the furnace beginning to sound like a jet taking off from the roof. Similarly, youth who didn't grow up around adults who told them about attending ... Continue Reading →
CMS lauds progress, pleads for volunteers to help
April 22, 2025 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Chief of Staff Dr. Ingrid Medlock and her associates brought multiple messages this morning: Much of the initial presentation was about celebration, with descriptors like "absolutely" and "obviously" and "very excited" and "what we can celebrate" and ... Continue Reading →
2 courageous teens stood for justice; their stories retold
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 →
Report outlines the task ahead for NC schools
Feb. 20, 2025 MyFutureNC is a nonprofit following up on 2019 bipartisan N.C. legislation setting a goal that "2 million North Carolinians aged 25-44 hold an industry-valued credential or postsecondary degree by 2030." There is a ways to go, and annual reports offer details. More on the report is ... 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 →
Financial challenges facing NC child care
Nov. 14, 2024 COVID-era federal financing allowed many child care centers that were in danger of closing to remain open so parents of young children could continue to work. The federal funds, which were a one-time appropriation, will be exhausted in Decembe Another report suggests that ... Continue Reading →
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