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 →
ELECTION RESULTS 2022
Nov. 8, 2022 The N.C. Board of Elections posts unofficial precinct returns as they are reported. View them here. Below are the unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals for candidates on the Nov. 8 Mecklenburg election ballot, as compiled by the Mecklenburg and N.C. Boards of Elections. Victors are ... Continue Reading →
Elisa Chinn-Gary
– Page initiated Jan. 30, 2022 Elisa Chinn-Gary is running for re-election as Clerk of Superior Court. Materials on this website 1-30-22 Chinn-Gary says she has reconsidered, and will file for re-election and third term as Clerk of Superior Court. 12-7-21 Chinn-Gary announces she will not seek ... Continue Reading →
Course correction: Court clerk Chinn-Gary will file for 3rd term
Jan. 30, 2022 Clerk of Superior Court Elisa Chinn-Gary announced in December that she would not seek re-election to a third term. The Observer's Michael Gordon reported Jan. 29 that she had changed her mind and will file for re-election. Gordon's report online is here. A PDF of it is here. The ... Continue Reading →
Superior Court clerk won’t seek re-election
Dec. 7, 2021 ... Continue Reading →
Black History Month 2021
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
– 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
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
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
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 →