Page initiated Sept. 26, 2023 Sarah Belle Mingo Stevenson was born Oct. 26, 1925. She died Sept. 26, 2023. A Charlotte Observer remembrance is here. Other media reports included those from WFAE, the Charlotte Post, WSOC-TV, WCNC-TV, WBTV, Queen City News and QCityMetro, More on Stevenson’s life ... Continue Reading →
Fourth of July 2023
To mark the Fourth of July period beginning June 30 and ending July 10, when the Fourm was not meeting, the following graphics were posted on the front of the website. The next scheduled meeting is July 11. ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum examines internal challenges, community issues
June 13, 2023 Open Forum dates allow people to raise new issues, or re-hash old ones. Today's session was no different from a lot of others in the last few decades. There were internal matters: Encouraging audience members to respect presenters despite clear ideological differences. Attracting ... Continue Reading →
‘We simply must have faith in each other’
Feb. 24, 2023 Our thanks to New York Times columnist David French for pointing out the prophetic words of President Jimmy Carter in 1979 that got to the crux of issues still facing the American community in 2023. Forum participants under 40 were not even born when these words were delivered to a ... Continue Reading →
History doesn’t make people; People make history
Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023 Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →
Reflecting on how to refocus attention on community needs
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?
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
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
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
Oct. 25, 2022 ... Continue Reading →
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