March 15, 2024 Intrepid Forum reader Sylvia Grier sent in a note that Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation has mailed out invitations asking residents to help tell the story of Mecklenburg County. A report last fall published by WFAE made reference to the project. The county Parks website ... Continue Reading →
History doesn’t make people; People make history
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 →
Happy 95th, Thelma McKoy
June 8, 2021 The Forum marks the upcoming 95th birthday of Thelma N. McKoy of Charlotte, “one of Charlotte's pioneers and historians that originally brought to Charlotte the Juneteenth event celebration,” writes Garcia Nelson. Maria Macon recalls that McKoy “started small, hosting Juneteenth in ... Continue Reading →
Revising the manual for community crisis response
Oct. 18, 2016 Members of the Community Relations Committee's Council of Elders were on hand this morning to describe their work. The group made available to Forum participants a set of papers about the Council of Elders. That material is here in a PDF. In the video below, Maria Macon's ... Continue Reading →
Carolina Impact on GrandFamilies
Sylvia Grier was among the people interviewed in a WTVI Carolina Impact feature about grandparents and great-grandparents raising children. The YouTube version of the March 27 broadcast is below. ... Continue Reading →