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Reflecting on how to refocus attention on community needs

January 10, 2023 Forum & Commentary

  Jan. 10, 2023 Open Forum meetings over the years have often focused on creating lists of people that should be invited to make presentations at future meetings. There was some of that this morning, and big issues – CMS growth plans and the city's development guidelines, for examples – are ... Continue Reading →

Whither Charlotte-Mecklenburg?

January 1, 2023 Forum & Commentary

Jan. 1, 2023 The following were published as a series in the "Recently at the Forum" space on the front of the Forum website during the post-holiday period, Jan. 1-Jan. 10, when the Forum did not meet. A series named "Happy Holidays" was published in that space Dec. 19-31. True, it is ... Continue Reading →

Happy Holidays 2022

December 19, 2022 Forum & Commentary

These windows on the 2022 holidays were published in the "Recently at the Forum" space on the front of this website during the Forum's winter holiday.   ... Continue Reading →

Richard McElrath: A Remembrance

December 13, 2022 Forum & Commentary

Dec. 13, 2022 Longtime Charlotte civic leader Mary Klenz donated the funds to make breakfast food for today's Forum as a remembrance of educator, school board member and Forum participant Richard McElrath, who died in 2020 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Cris Robinson donated her ... Continue Reading →

Forum marks Sarah Stevenson’s 97th

October 25, 2022 Forum & Commentary

Oct. 25, 2022   ... Continue Reading →

Reflections on the upcoming Juneteenth celebration

June 7, 2022 Forum & Commentary

June 7, 2022 The message about freedom is not an artifact of ancient American history. It was like yesterday for Ceretha Sherrill. And it is personal. Sherrill grew up listening to her father's stories about  her grandfather, an American enslaved by other Americans. The red on the Juneteenth ... Continue Reading →

‘The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to “Pass” in 1930s Hollywood’

June 1, 2022 Forum & Commentary

"Incredible Black Women You Should Know About" – The Series Frederika “Fredi” Washington 'The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to "Pass" in 1930s Hollywood' (Dec. 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) By DonnaMarie Woodson This article, from the June 2022 edition of the Charmeck Chronicle, is ... Continue Reading →

Cisco Room Kit clips, May 31

May 31, 2022 Forum & Commentary

    One in a possible series of pages exploring the workings of the Cisco Webex Room Kit equipment at Belmont Center. The assumption is that the system is working as designed, and that use of the system will improve with operator experience. The series will be shared with other ... Continue Reading →

Belmont Center conference room update

May 11, 2022 Forum & Commentary

May 11, 2022 While the Forum took refuge from COVID-19 in a virtual room, several big changes have occurred at the Forum's old haunt at the Belmont Center. New chairs and new tables, all with wheels. More chairs. And an audio/video equipment package that will bring Forum meetings to your ... Continue Reading →

Forum to resume in-person meetings May 24

May 3, 2022 Forum & Commentary

May 3, 2022 Forum facilitators, meeting Tuesday afternoon, decided that the Forum would resume in-person meetings on Tuesday, May 24, at 8:30 a.m. at Belmont Center, 700 Parkwood Ave. [As of May 10, the About Us page on this website was updated with details.] Masks will be required for entry ... Continue Reading →

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