Nov. 13, 2024 Longtime journalist and community activist Ken Koontz announced details of a presentation scheduled at the Forum next Tuesday, Nov. 19. He offered these details in advance so that participants, both in the Belmont Center meeting room and online, would be able to read about the ... Continue Reading →
Discerning a path toward higher voter turnout
Nov. 12, 2024 Monifa Drayton worked in leadership positions, and more recently opened a coaching and leadership consulting firm. She opened her Forum presentation by saying she was unable to comment on her resignation last week as executive director of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party. But in ... Continue Reading →
A pitch to participate in planning Charlotte’s future
July 23, 2024 City Planning Assistant Director Alysia Osborne is project manager for the CLT Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan. While there are many groups of staff working on the plan, Osborne leads a team focused on what the city will look like in 30, 40 years, and what it will take to keep ... Continue Reading →
Malcolm Graham offers update on economic issues facing city
July 9, 2024 There was talk about minority contracting, facilitating jobs, the Bank of America stadium renovations. All issues that are well within the wheelhouse of the chair of Charlotte City Council's Economic Development Committee. But Malcolm Graham is a district representative on Council, ... Continue Reading →
Traveling about town? Consultants are listening for suggested fixes
May 14, 2024 Transparency. Feedback. Fewer promises and more action on previous promises not kept. Serve all people, not just some. Greg Johnson is not new to the city. His company, Orbital Socket, has a city contract to talk to residents and listen to their concerns about “mobility.” The ... Continue Reading →
Preparing people for community leadership
March 26, 2024 Trust. A shared zeal for community service, for servant leadership. Outlooks that "clicked." A willingness to teach and support each other. To work their tails off for each other. James Mitchell has been an elected official off and on in Charlotte for decades. He had an easily ... Continue Reading →
Oyez, oyez, oyez: Veteran judges offer their insights
Feb. 20, 2024 Three retired judges fielded questions with candor – and appreciation for the support they had received as trailblazing African-American judges in Mecklenburg County courtrooms. Presenters were District Court Judge T. Michael Todd (1979-1984), former District and Superior Court ... Continue Reading →
U.S. probe of Minneapolis in wake of George Floyd’s murder
June 16, 2023 The U.S. Justice Department today issued a document outlining findings and recommendations from its “Investigation of the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department.” The two-year investigation began following Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the 2020 murder of ... Continue Reading →
‘Disappointed’ … ‘Enraged’: Views shared on sea change in N.C. political landscape
April 11, 2023 Some people in the room had lent their support to Tricia Cotham when she ran for the N.C. House as a Democrat. Some of the people were part of organizations that endorsed her bid, and supported her platform as a Democrat. The emotions created by the announcement last week that ... Continue Reading →
‘Pregnancy and Incarceration’: A primer on N.C. laws abusing women
Jan. 17, 2023 Note to men and women who have not been held in prisons or jails operating under the laws of North Carolina: Take 75 minutes right now and listen to this presentation by Kristie Puckett-Williams. May it change your life priorities and, as soon as possible, also change the laws of ... Continue Reading →
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