April 24, 2016 Speaker for April 26 is Debra Weeks, executive director of C.W. Williams Community Health Center. ... Continue Reading →
Joel Ford on upcoming short session of legislature
April 19, 2016 Joel Ford offered a short update on the N.C. General Assembly short session due to begin Monday. ... Continue Reading →
McCray offers update on CMS school board activity
April 19, 2016 CMS Board of Education Chair Mary McCray addressed the Forum at the end of the meeting. Among her messages: The board would move toward "more magnets, more options" but not wholesale busing as it adjusts the district's student assignment plan. She pleaded for more residents ... Continue Reading →
Pastoring the flock, in nontraditional ways
April 19, 2016 One pastor has a church. The other serves a community resource center. Both are finding small ways to take the church into the community to support their flocks. Pastor Hamadi Fisher is senior pastor at City Dive Outreach Center. He mentioned that his 75-member congregation moves ... Continue Reading →
C.W. Williams at milestone on road to recovery
April 14, 2016 ... Continue Reading →
Engaging youth to undertake neighborhood improvement
April 12, 2016 Robert Dawkins of SAFE Coalition NC and Tamika Lewis of The Tribe met with the Forum to describe their work on engaging adolescents in neighborhood improvement, starting with improving their health in ways that can convince them that change is possible, and in ways that are ... Continue Reading →
West Charlotte Rec Center renovation: An update
April 11, 2016 Tradesmen's trucks dot the parking lot. A demolition company has workers on site cleaning up. The 1960s West Charlotte Recreation Center's long-promised renovation is under way. Below in pictures are indications of the work as of today. The original design plans as shared with the ... Continue Reading →
Young Entrepreneurs Network: A living, singing ambassador
April 5, 2016 Maria Macon had brought a group of young people to the Forum Sept. 4, 2014 to introduce them as the Young Entrepreneurs Network. Macon teaches business basics, and she will soon launch Class 5. And to give an example of young African-American entrepreneurs finding success, Macon ... Continue Reading →
Update on visit by Traveling Space Museum
April 5, 2016 ... Continue Reading →
A surprise for the guy behind the camera
March 29, 2016 Participants in the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum pulled off a total surprise for the guy usually behind the camera as they celebrated Steve Johnston's 69th birthday. Referred to occasionally during the celebration as a person of few words, the record should show that the scribe ... Continue Reading →
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