Current Announcements

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Weekly e-mails of Forum Announcements are compiled from material sent in via e-mail plus events mentioned during Forums. “Upcoming events” focus on public policy topics of interest to Mecklenburg residents that are open to the public. Listings will include any admission fee. Business and faith house promotions are generally not published.

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Announcements, November 21, 2023

Arthur Griffn announced that the remains of a 1938 Second Ward High School graduate, Lt. Fred Brewer, a Tuskegee Airman lost over Italy in 1944, will come home to a repatriation service on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at Friendship MIssionary Baptist Church.

Upcoming Events

Nov. 27: In-person help available, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for applicants for Mecklenburg County HOMES program. More here.

Dec. 1: Conversation marking World AIDS Day, 6:30 p.m., virtual.

Dec. 6: Parenting Your Parent: Is Medicare Enough, 7 p.m., virtual.

Dec. 9: Application Fair for Mecklenburg County HOMES program. More here.

Dec. 17: Info session for teachers interested in applying for two-week teacher training experiences at National Air and Space Museum. Zoom session 8:30 p.m.; link here.

2024

Feb. 8: Pride Magazine’s Pride Awards luncheon, from 11 a.m., Westin, 601 S. College St. Individual online tickets $324.21.

Feb. 17: For The Struggle annual benefit gala and awards ceremony, 6 p.m., Orchid Banquet Hall, 521 Little Rock Rd.

March 7: C.W. Williams Heath Center’s 6^th Women’s Health & Doctor Recognition Luncheon, noon-1:30 p.m., Hilton Uptown Charlotte. Tickets $50 here.

April 29-May 4: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Tonia Cherry to Biloxi and New Orleans, $770.

June 24-27: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Tonia Cherry to Amelia Island, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla., $480.

July 29-Aug. 3: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Petronila Clark to Memphis, $765.

Sept. 2-6: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Petronila Clark to Savannah, Jekyll Island and Beaufort, S.C., $765.

Oct. 14-16: Diamond Tours trip with Dr. Blanche Penn and Venitra White-Dean to Charleston, $480.

Candidates, Elected Officials

Alma Adams 11-20

Natasha Marcus 11-17

Shamaiye Haynes 11-15

Governments, Nonprofits, Etc.

Black Child Development Institute-Charlotte 11-21

Carolina Youth Coalition 11-22

Center for Community Transitions 11-21

Council for Children’s Rights 11-17 11-20 11-21

Goodwill Industries 11-21

MeckEd 11-17

NC Administrative Office of the Courts 11-22

New Rural Project 11-16 11-22

Read Charlotte 11-20

RICSMarket 11-15

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