The clip in this video is from the Forum's March 12, 2013 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
Black women dying in childbirth: Action for solutions
2 advocates review the alarming statistics
March 10, 2026 By ZHATEYA JONES The Forum's first session in a series prepared for Women's History Month posed this question: Why are Black women still dying in childbirth in the United States? Presenter was Danette McLaurin Glass, Managing Principal and Senior Strategist of First TEAM ... Continue Reading →
‘Let’s get busy and do something about it’
March 6, 2026 Clips in this video are from the Forum's Feb. 10, 2026 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
March 3, 2026 Mecklenburg primaries
All 195 precincts reporting, 10:42 p.m.; March 3, 2026 15.5% of Mecklenburg's 819,366 voters participated After all polls closed, unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals were available at the NC Board of Elections website here. This page is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
Update on election result reporting
March 2, 2026 Tomorrow is Primary Election Day. I hope that you vote if you have not already. Reporting election results has been part of this website since its inception. Elections have consequences, as they say. Staying home has consequences for us all. Please vote. In preparation for the ... Continue Reading →
Invite children to tell the story, and….
Feb. 26, 2026 In 2014, Jason (Jet) Jones was part of Maria Macon's Young Entrepreneurs Network. (So also was Forum facilitator Jasmine Wright.) By 2016, in a follow-up Forum presentation, it was clear that Jason Jet was focused on passing on his craft to younger Charlotteans. Today, he ... Continue Reading →
‘Charlotte Sound’: Music veterans talk about place, story, church
Feb. 24, 2026 Among the questions What makes the Charlotte sound unique? How do you connect with youth to continue the music tradition? Black music has been diluted. What factors have contributed? Might there be political messages in the music? What makes for a hit? Do ... Continue Reading →
More about CMS principal Joseph C. Belton
Feb. 12, 2026 By Queen Norwood Thompson The Feb. 10 session was excellent. I applaud the group's discussion on education and that of Mrs. Belton as a counselor at West Charlotte High School. David Belton's father, Mr. Joseph C. Belton, was equally a powerhouse in Charlotte. I and my husband ... Continue Reading →
Soul City’s chief planner issues a challenge for today
Feb. 20, 2026 Harvey Gantt looks back at the 1970s and wonders if, even if Floyd McKIssick today were to lay down his vision for a multiracial Soul City without poverty, with jobs, with opportunity for all, would he find today the support that he needed back then to make a new city a reality? Would ... Continue Reading →
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