Jan. 19, 2016 Willie Ratchford, executive director of the City of Charlotte Community Relations department, had invited Sarah Stevenson last summer to bring the Forum to the Belmont Regional Center. The 1975 building has a number of tenants, including nonprofits and city staff departments, ... Continue Reading →
Tommie Robinson to be on NPR Weekend Sunday
Jan. 7, 2015 Charlotte artist and Forum regular Tommie Robinson reports that he will be on NPR’s Sunday morning show this weekend. He and anchor Rachel Martin talked Wednesday, he said Thursday, They started talking politics, but ended up “talking about a bunch of things.” What of those many ... Continue Reading →
Forum moves to Belmont Regional Center on Jan. 19
Jan. 5, 2016 Sarah Stevenson announced this morning that the Forum will move to Belmont Regional Center, 700 Parkwood Ave., effective Jan. 19. The last meeting at Ivory-Baker Recreation Center will be Jan. 12. In announcing the move, Stevenson cited her longtime association with the city's ... Continue Reading →
2015 Christmas Party
Dec. 15, 2015 The Tuned In Choir made the annual Christmas Party a festive occasion indeed, as the choir that actively involves formerly homeless men of McCreesh Place led the singing, and choir director and longtime community builder Dr. Thomas Moore used the ensemble to prompt audience ... Continue Reading →
West Charlotte Rec Center renovation: Maybe soon
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 →