April 27, 2025 Harold C. Dixon died on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Mr. Dixon retired from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in 2024 after more than 37 years of service. He was youth choir director at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte. He played an active role in PTAs at ... Continue Reading →
March 1, 2025 Women's History Month 2025 March 4: Dena J. King, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. March 11: Kim Graham, Executive Director of Greater Charlotte Apartment Association. March 18: U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, NC-12. March 25: Linda Lockhart, ... Continue Reading →
GOV Channel to air Feb. 4 conversation with 4 Black mayors
Feb. 8, 2025 The City of Charlotte's GOV Channel will be airing throughout February a video of the Forum's Feb. 4 meeting with former mayors Harvey Gantt, Anthony Foxx, Patrick Cannon and current Mayor Vi Lyles. This link to the video may not work until after 1 p.m. Sunday, According to the ... Continue Reading →
Black History Month 2025
Feb. 1, 2025 Feb. 24, 2025 Feb. 16, 2025 Feb. 8, 2026 Jan. 28, 2025 ... Continue Reading →
Facilitators comment on Forum, their roles & Sarah Stevenson
Jan. 21, 2025 Forum facilitators this morning sat down at the presenters' table. and offered their reflections on why they volunteer reliably at the Forum, what their particular focus is in sustaining the group, and what it means to them. Some have been at the forum only a few years. One has been ... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays!
Dec. 17, 2024 The image below shows the questions asked by Natheley McElrath during the Take a Gift game. She said she has used the same questions every year for 5 or more years, and yet none of longtime Forum participants answered all the questions correctly. The number of questions ... Continue Reading →
Fourth of July, 2024
June 28, 2024 Credits: Gerald Johnson, West Virginia Association for Justice, American History Central, slate.com, tunecore. ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum
June 11, 2024 “Open Forum” has come to mean something special. Anyone wishing to speak is invited to present an issue of public policy that they thinks merits more discussion – or action. The Forum's rules of decorum (no debate; no speaking out of turn; etc.) are relaxed a bit to encourage ... Continue Reading →
The magician entered the room, and …
May 14, 2024 The Forum would not meet for another 20 minutes. The Belmont Center’s conference room was nearly empty. City staff announced that they would be running a test of the Parkwood Avenue building’s fire alarm system. Early childhood educator Dr. Thomas Moore, who plays the piano ... Continue Reading →
Training to bring community leaders to Forum
April 11, 2024 The Raleigh-based North Carolina Black Alliance will hold a training April 29-30 in Charlotte for Carolinas activists looking for ways to inform their communities about local issues and to hold their local leaders accountable. Sessions have been scheduled at 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on ... Continue Reading →
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