April 13, 2021 Two presenters reviewed efforts to activate North Carolina's black voters, and to organize joint action with Latinex and other groups to pursue political reform and improvements in the lives of all North Carolinians. For a Mecklenburg audience, it might have been particularly ... Continue Reading →
CMS test scores show proficiency losses during pandemic
March 30, 2021 At a March 3 State Board of Education meeting, staff released a Testing and Accountability Update that showed results of fall 2020 high school testing in English II, Math 1, Math 3 and Biology. The results, when compared with fall 2019 results, showed large increases in the number of ... Continue Reading →
CMS learning to learn amid a pandemic
March 23, 2021 Supt. Earnest Winston and CMS Board Chairperson Elyse Dashew on Tuesday gave an update on how the pandemic has affected students, teachers, families and the entire community in the past year. They noted detabilizing but necessary changes to calendars; success in giving every ... Continue Reading →
Update on Lake Arbor residents’ search for justice
March 20, 2021 The Charlotte Observer today published this update on a court-affirmed settlement of lawsuits over landlord malfeasance at the now-renamed Lake Arbor apartments off Tuckaseegee Road. ... Continue Reading →
Update on Beatties Ford corridor improvements
March 16, 2021 District 2 City Council member Malcolm Graham and city Corridors of Opportunity Project Manager Cherie Smith delved into timelines for improvements along the Beatties Ford Road corridor, along with a myriad of current and upcoming development projects involving the public or private ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Cohen encourages all to be vaccinated
March 9, 2021 At a vaccination center in Raleigh, Dr. Mindy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, got her COVID-19 vaccination today, using her visit to the Raleigh vaccination site to encourage others to get any one of the vaccines when it is their turn. ... Continue Reading →
Mayor, County Chair address homelessness, Covid-19 issues
March 9, 2021 COVID-19. Tent city and homelessness. The future of roads after the gas tax starts declining. K-12 education outcomes for children. These and other issues were discussed today as the Forum, still adjusting its virtual reality, welcomed Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Mecklenburg County ... Continue Reading →
Women’s History Month
March 1, 2021 Women have made Charlotte a better place for all to live. During the pandemic year, when the Forum was unable to schedule in-person meetings, these graphics were added each day during March as a way to pay tribute to some who have passed on, and many who continue to serve in ways ... 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 →
Unity without abandoning individuality
Jan. 2, 2021 A small window of time between a presidential inauguration and Black History Month offered time, and a space on the front of the Forum website, for a graphical meditation on moving toward unity without abandoning individuality. * – * – * – * – * – * – * ... Continue Reading →
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