Page initiated June 6, 2020 “We are plagued with the harsh reality that it could be us. It is us. The songs that were sung and the movements that were made were all entirely too familiar. The Floyd family is just like any other black American family. In pain, grasping hope, and determined to meet a ... Continue Reading →
Richard McElrath dies
March 18, 2020 Richard Allen McElrath Sr., longtime Forum participant, former CMS math teacher and District 2 representative on the CMS Board of Education, died Wednesday, March 18, 2020. His sister Natheley reported that Richard had been in Hospice care about two weeks, following a year in ... Continue Reading →
March 17, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 12:30 p.m. The Forum’s facilitators agreed Tuesday morning to suspend Forum meetings until further notice. The facilitators will meet with co-founder Sarah Stevenson again on March 31 to review public advisories at that time on how to protect community health during ... Continue Reading →
March 15, 2020
March 15, 2020 The Tuesday Forum meeting has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Decisions are pending about future meetings during this coronavirus pandemic. The announcements include notices of cancellations and postponements received thus far. The Forum website's current ... Continue Reading →
A time for fellowship and games
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A party for Sarah Stevenson on her 94th
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 →
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