April 30, 2019 Neighborhoods that are hurting. Avenues for supporting others. Strategies for uniting for change and against violence. Working to keep the Forum's discussions relevant The topics brought up this morning ranged widely. And as with discussions over the years, the point was not ... Continue Reading →
Women who blazed trails in broadcasting
March 19, 2019 Debbie Gibbs said she was unaware at the time that she was a first – the first African American woman to join the reporting staff at local TV station WBTV. "Nobody told me." Years later now, Gibbs knows a thing or three about local journalism, and about its importance in creating ... Continue Reading →
Women who helped move all women forward
March 12, 2019 What is the path toward community well-being? How do women arrive at a place of equal footing with men in society and community life? How is racial justice pursued? For those who wait for justice, how much is enough waiting? How do you keep going? What worked for you? These last ... Continue Reading →
Black journalists report on their association’s educational mission
Feb. 12, 2019 At this morning's Forum, three veteran news reporters offered a short primer on getting stories out. There was talk of media segmentation: Some outlets focus on hard news, others on entertainment, etc. What you want to publicize may suggest who to make contact with. There was ... Continue Reading →
Pusuing a dream of a museum focused on African-Americans
Nov. 27, 2018 There were several engaging conversations at the Open Forum this morning. One was about nurturing entrepreneurship. Another was about reviving the understanding of the power of song. But the highlight was watching Winston Robinson bring to a public audience his notion that the city ... Continue Reading →
Paving the road back from jail and prison for women
Sept. 11, 2018 The stories were epic. A woman is discharged from prison in November wearing flip-flops. Women leave without a photo ID, or a bus pass, or a place to stay, or.... Tuesday's presenters explained the work of Changed Choices. It's a nonprofit working in a space where recidivism rates ... Continue Reading →
Griffin, Dawkins challenge all to lead from the front
July 17, 2018 The question on the floor was civic engagement. But the real question was: How does the black community stop electing people who proceed to ignore the black community’s interests? These were some of the answers laid out by Black Political Caucus chair and longtime education ... Continue Reading →
Update on The Excelsior Club
Left, Ken Koontz; facade of Excelsior Club in undated James Peeler photo. June 5, 2018 Ken Koontz opened today's Open Forum with an update on the status of the shuttered Excelsior Club. Koontz was a part-owner of the Beatties Ford Road institution in the 1980s. The nightclub was a gathering ... Continue Reading →
2 pipelines: school-failure-to-prison; and prison-back-into-society
April 24, 2018 Perhaps this is one of the things the Forum does best: bring folks together out of their silos to meet, explain their silos and then, perhaps, go away to contemplate how to knock down the silos. Educator and longtime Mecklenburg resident Ken Simmons said he had never met Henry ... Continue Reading →
6 women who serve
From left: Tenea McDonald and Simone Williams, lawyers at McDonald & Williams law firm; LaBecky Roe, retired New York police officer; Tamala Bullard, associate director of human resources, Davidson College; N.C. House Rep. Becky Carney; Rep. Carla Cunningham. March 27, 2018 They've represented ... Continue Reading →
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