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 →
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 →
Henry Rock: Background
Henry Rock says he arrived in Charlotte last summer. Before leaving New York City after a career spanning television, real estate and then print, outdoor and radio advertising sales and marketing, Rock says he started a nonprofit to encourage African American males to prepare themselves for ... Continue Reading →