Oct. 29, 2019 The Forum took time out today to mark the 94th birthday of a woman who co-founded the Forum more than 40 years ago, who helped guide her adopted community through desegregation, and who has inspired generations of Charlotte residents to pick up the mantle of leadership. Sarah Belle ... Continue Reading →
Funeral for Dwayne Collins
Aug. 28, 2019 Funeral for Dwayne Collins, who died Sunday after a battle with multiple myeloma, will be Friday, Aug. 30, with viewing at 11 a.m. and service at noon, at Greenville Memorial AME Zion Church, 6116 Monteith Dr. ... Continue Reading →
Second Ward Gym murals are complete
Feb. 7, 2019 An event at the old Second Ward High School gym today marked the completion of murals created by Charlotte artist Tommie Robinson. The murals depict life at Second Ward High when it was a focal point of teen life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood. Two local news outlets published ... Continue Reading →
‘The Candidate For the People – Shirley Chisholm’
This article, from the February 2019 edition of the Charmeck Chronicle, is published here with permission of the author. By DonnaMarie Woodson Forty-six years ago on January 21st, U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm made history when she announced her intention to run for President of the ... Continue Reading →
Christmas Party 2018
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 →
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