Sept. 11, 2012 On a day when the opening prayer invoked the sacrifices made on this day in 2001, Supt. Heath Morrison praised Charlotte-Mecklenburg teachers for their efforts and offered a number of observations he's made in his three months on the job. Morrison was last at the Forum on April ... Continue Reading →
Murrey on plans for alternative venues for acceptance speech
Sept. 6, 2012 Dan Murrey sent out the following information late this afternoon: "Thank you for your patience today as the final night of the convention shifts from Bank of America Stadium to the Time Warner Cable Arena due to severe weather forecasts. "You are one of our community ... Continue Reading →
Head of training effort says group is listening to employers’ needs
Aug. 28, 2012 Steve Partridge runs the federally funded job retraining program in Mecklenburg County. Born in the 1960s as CETA, and having had several other names, it reorganized itself this year as Charlotte Works. And, says Partridge, it set about trying to do a better job of listening to ... Continue Reading →
Foluke on ‘Black boys are dying young and needlessly’
Aug. 28, 2012 Dr. Gyasi Foluke, in the video below, responds to an opinion column by Charlotte Observer Associate Editor Fannie Flono headlined "Black boys are dying young and needlessly." Flono's Aug. 16 column dealt with the death two days earlier in Charlotte of 13-year-old Khalil Malik Cousart, ... Continue Reading →
Preparations for DNC security
Aug. 21, 2012 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe today addressed the Forum on security preparations for the Democratic National Convention. Monroe was part of a presentation that also included three officials from the DNC Host Committee: Dr. Dan Murrey, executive director; Torre ... Continue Reading →
Mayor Foxx addresses DNC, his own future
Aug. 14, 2012 Mayor Anthony Foxx this morning discussed the upcoming Democratic National Convention, city capital needs, growth, homelessness, and his own political future. Below are videos from that appearance. A news story about Foxx's comments was published at QCityMetro. Introductory ... Continue Reading →
Charity Bell offers an update on CMS Central Secondary Zone
July 10, 2012 In the videos below, CMS Central Secondary Zone Supt. Charity Bell refers to the PowerPoint slides below the videos. Bell presented to the Forum on Tuesday at the end of her first year in her current CMS position. The videos begin with a biographical statement clearly designed ... Continue Reading →
A look back at ‘Giving Back’ presentation
Valaida Fullwood and Charles Thomas discussed "Giving Back," a book exploring African American traditions in philanthropy, at the Forum on Nov. 1, 2011. This video was added to the Forum website archive on Aug. 3, 2022 after Fullwood referenced her earlier visit to the Forum when marking the Black ... Continue Reading →