Dec. 18, 2018 Friends shared a breakfast catered by Friendship Trays. Dr. Thomas Moore played and sang and accompanied the festivities. Natheley McElrath led the group in games. Mary Johnson announced that the 2018 donations to the Coffee Pot Fund in excess of the cost of supplies would be ... Continue Reading →
Koontz holds his own national holiday … for a good cause
Oct. 2, 2018 Not everything at the Forum is serious and somber. Take, for example, Ken Koontz' self-declared national holiday. He turned his birthday celebration into a fundraiser for a scholarship fund (yes, carrying his name) at Johnson C. Smith University. To start the videos, click on ... Continue Reading →
Sarah Stevenson announces she will step back a bit more
April 3, 2018 There have been several occasions this year, the 38th year of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Fourm, when co-founder Sarah Stevenson had to break her habit of attending the Forum weekly. Much of the programming load had already passed to Laura McClettie, standing to Stevenson's right, ... Continue Reading →
Update on Tommie Robinson’s Second Ward murals
March 29, 2018 The following article appeared in the Charlotte Post. The artist is a regular attendee at the Forum. ... Continue Reading →
More than ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
This article, from the February 2018 edition of the Charmeck Chronicle, is published here with permission of the author. By DonnaMarie Woodson My memory of Lorraine Hansberry is as the author of the groundbreaking play, "A Raisin in the Sun" about the dynamics of a struggling black family, but ... Continue Reading →
Christmas Party 2017
Dec. 19, 2017 There was not a public policy in sight this morning as the Forum closed out the year with its traditional Christmas Party. Natheley McElrath was mistress of ceremonies and led participants through a number of games. The party favorite was, as usual, the Take a Gift game, in which ... Continue Reading →
Donate to the Toys for Tots campaign
Nov. 29, 2017 Natheley McElrath, left, and Ben Felton delivered the first of the Forum Toys for Tots donations to the Red Cross today. If you would like to donate a new toy, bring it unwrapped to the Forum and Natheley and Ben will make the delivery for you. And if you would like donate funds to ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum collects suggestions for future Forums
Nov. 21, 2017 Most of the Forum this morning was devoted to hearing from attendees about topics for future Forums. Near the end of the session, Carlenia Ivory spoke about what she had learned during her months as an appointed member of Charlotte City Council. That discussion is here. The Forum ... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday, Sarah Stevenson!
Oct. 24, 2017 Click on the video to start it. ... Continue Reading →
Brightwalk apartment block opens, named for Sarah Stevenson
Oct. 18, 2017 Out of the rubble, broken dreams and stunted futures of the Double Oaks Apartments project are rising market-rate and subsidized apartments and homes. More than 100 people gathered this morning to officially open an apartment block in the new Brightwalk neighborhood that has been ... Continue Reading →
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