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Black History Month 2021

February 1, 2021 Uncategorized

Feb. 1, 2021 For many years, the Forum marked Black History Month by scheduling speakers and panelists who could offer a perspective on the history of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's African-American community. In the name of upholding that tradition in these pandemic times: The following graphics were ... Continue Reading →

Election 2018: Elisa Chinn Gary

January 31, 2018 Elect18Primary

– Page initiated Jan. 30, 2018 Elisa Chinn Gary has announced that she will be a candidate for re-election as Mecklenburg Clerk of Superior Court. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2018 election cycle. To start a video, click on ... Continue Reading →

Black History Month: Elisa Chinn-Gary’s path to service

February 21, 2017 Government & Politics

Feb. 21, 2017 Elisa Chinn-Gary returned to the Forum today to tell her life story and the tasks she has embraced as Clerk of Superior Court in Mecklenburg County. Among them: winning over holdovers members of the 200-person staff who were loyal to her predecessor; managing a paper flow that ... Continue Reading →

Three women who went first

February 23, 2016 Community Matters

Feb. 23, 2016 They were asked how they wanted to be remembered, these three African-American women who were first in their fields to be clerk of court, or social worker, or school board chair. It was a way to unearth what had motivated them to do, to keep doing. Perhaps their testimony will ... Continue Reading →

Clerk of Superior Court

October 21, 2014 Candidates & Ballots

Both candidates in the Mecklenburg Clerk of Superior Court race on the Nov. 4 ballot addressed the Forum this morning. Republican Martha Efird and Democrat Elisa Chinn Gary discussed their preparation and the ways in which they had already served in court administration. The last question from ... Continue Reading →

Elisa Chinn Gary

March 18, 2014 Candidates & Ballots

  The Forum heard from 15 candidates this morning. Because they represented a broad range of offices on the ballot and did not necessarily address the same questions, video material from each candidate is being posted separately. Candidates gave initial presentations. Later, some of them ... Continue Reading →

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