Marian Wright Edelman wrote recently in her column about how Dr. Terrell Strayhorn advised Freedom School teacher trainees to help young minorities deal with legitimate anger about their routine treatment. The advice was grounded in his own experience. In the video above, Strayhorn ... Continue Reading →
Mecklenburg Republicans say generational change is under way
July 14, 2015 Curtis Watkins, chairman of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party, won a "40 Under 40" Business Journal award two years ago. Together with Derek Partee and Ty Turner, Watkins made a case at the Forum that the Republican Party's young members have a different world view than their ... Continue Reading →
Munro Richardson takes Meck’s measure on reading scale
July 7, 2015 In his first 10 weeks in Charlotte, Dr. Munro Richardson has been mostly listening. He's heard enough to believe that everyone has an opinion on why more children are not reading well. What he said he hasn't heard, he says, is very many people asking teachers, reading buddies and ... Continue Reading →
Chapman: Rebuilding Briar Creek church still lies ahead
July 2, 2015 Jeremiah Chapman, a staffer for 12th District U.S. Rep. Alma Adams and frequent Forum participant, addressed the task ahead to rebuild Briar Creek Road Baptist Church, at a gathering sponsored by the NAACP on church safety in the wake of the Charleston murders. The event drew a ... Continue Reading →
Nonprofits filling gaps in medical care delivery
June 30, 2015 Three nonprofits collaborate with each other, the big hospitals and other area providers to fill some of the gaps in health care for area residents who find themselves without options. Two of the groups, Care Ring and Charlotte Community Health, are mostly local. NC MedAssist has ... Continue Reading →
Breakthrough Tuesday for Northwest Corridor, Carter says
June 29, 2015 Dr. Ron Carter welcomed to the Johnson C. Smith University campus Monday evening a large contingent of people gathered together to talk about community responses to the Emanuel AME Church murders in Charleston. Carter said he hoped the talks led to something more than talk. Then he ... Continue Reading →
N.C. Bishop Michael Curry to head national Episcopal Church
June 27, 2015 Tuesday Forum regular Martha Alexander, left, was on the dais Saturday as Fr. Michael Curry, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, spoke to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church after his election as 27th presiding bishop of the national church. Curry, 62, has served in ... Continue Reading →
Summer 2015: Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris
One in a series of reports from our far-flung correspondents. Send text and photos of your wanderings this summer here. By Blanche Penn The view of Paris from the basilica steps "Now you know I had to get a painting of me in Paris" ... Continue Reading →
Rebuilding the Boulevard: Renaissance West
June 23, 2015 Laura Clark and Christian Friend are starting with the first tenants at Renaissance West – the public-private rebuild of the razed Boulevard Homes in west Charlotte. They're the faces of the family support efforts to be put in place to support families and children at the new ... Continue Reading →
Summer 2015 Reports from Elsewhere
Who said the Forum is all public policy and no fun? And who said it has to happen in Charlotte to be enjoyable or instructive or the Next Big Thing? As you travel this summer, send the Forum words or photos of people and places you enjoyed, or thought Charlotte might learn from. Point your phone ... Continue Reading →
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