Nov. 19, 2015 All is still quiet at the West Charlotte Recreation Center. But the renovation of the 1963 building off Kendall Drive hasn’t been shelved. It may even get underway in January. That would place the renovation’s beginning just a month later than the originally projected end date for ... Continue Reading →
‘I like to keep my promise. That’s what I’m trying to do.’
Oct. 24, 2015 Observer reporter Ann Doss Helms and photographer John Simmons attended the Oct. 20 Forum, gathering material for this profile of Sarah Stevenson. The online text: BY ANN DOSS HELMS [email protected] When Sean Garrett was hired to lead the United ... Continue Reading →
Malcolm Graham: Removing the flag ‘isn’t nearly enough’
Aug. 13, 2015 Malcolm Graham wrote this piece for the Washington Post. ... Continue Reading →
Stevenson asks for help sponsoring 2 students from South Africa
July 28, 2015 Sarah Stevenson made an appeal at the Forum this morning for financial assistance to sponsor two young people heading to Johnson C. Smith University this fall. A 90th birthday party for Stevenson scheduled for October will help raise funds for the project, but Stevenson said the ... Continue Reading →
Strayhorn on ‘How to Keep Our Black Boys Alive’
Marian Wright Edelman wrote recently in her column about how Dr. Terrell Strayhorn advised Freedom School teacher trainees to help young minorities deal with legitimate anger about their routine treatment. The advice was grounded in his own experience. In the video above, Strayhorn ... Continue Reading →
N.C. Bishop Michael Curry to head national Episcopal Church
June 27, 2015 Tuesday Forum regular Martha Alexander, left, was on the dais Saturday as Fr. Michael Curry, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, spoke to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church after his election as 27th presiding bishop of the national church. Curry, 62, has served in ... Continue Reading →
Vernon Mack Herron, 1928-2015
May 22, 2015 Longtime Forum participant Dr. Vernon Herron was buried today at Oaklawn Cemetery in this city of his birth. He returned to Charlotte in retirement after pastoring Baptist churches in Pennsylvania, serving his church as a missionary, and working at the Division of Social Justice and ... Continue Reading →
Sarah Stevenson receives J.C. Smith Arch of Triumph award
April 14, 2015 John Powell and Carlenia Ivory joined forces to describe Saturday's Johnson C. Smith University Gala at the Convention Center, where Sarah Stevenson received an Arch of Triumph award given to the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum. Their comments are ... Continue Reading →
Tommie Robinson’s ‘Environmental Series’
April 2, 2015 On this and linked pages are images of the work of Charlotte artist Tommie Robinson. The canvases are from “The Environmental Series,” works exhibited in March and April 2015 in connection with Robinson serving as the 2015 Africana Artist-in-Residence at UNC Charlotte. The ... Continue Reading →
Update on West Charlotte Rec Center renovation
Feb. 24, 2015 The West Charlotte Recreation Center will be closing soon for a thorough renovation. The Forum will relocate to Ivory/Baker Recreation Center off Oaklawn Avenue at 1920 Stroud Park Court. Tari Cottman, facility manager of the West Charlotte center, offered an update today of the ... Continue Reading →
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