Dr. Gyasi Foluke rose from the audience today to give a short lecture on his theory on how to implement community change in the African-American community. He focused on a "system of communication" that turns out people to pressure community leaders to pursue a shared community agenda. "Once ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller on sales tax referendum
Trevor Fuller, chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, argued Tuesday that commissioners have given the people a choice to authorize use of what powers commissioners have to raise funds to supplement teacher salaries. Among his arguments for the quarter-cent sales tax increase now ... Continue Reading →
Commonwealth High Charter
Thomas Hanley made a presentation today about Commonwealth High School, a public charter school scheduled to open next month at 5112 Central Ave., near the former Eastland Mall site. According to Hanley, the school will open with fewer than 200 students (a bid request out of Nashville specified ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum: Parents and Education
Speakers fault parents, doubt state will educate all children A comment about how children at a summer camp are mostly there for math remediation set off an entire Forum focused on how the community can do a better job of ensuring that all children get a good education. There seemed to be ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller on budget, fall referendum
Trevor Fuller is an at-large member and currently serves as chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. In the comments below at today's Forum, he addresses the county budget, which was approved later in the day, and the decision to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot. The ... Continue Reading →
Theo Nixon on the ‘big lie’ on fracking
Theo Nixon is a Mecklenburg District Court judge and regularly attends the Forum. He rose at the June 17 Forum to add legal background information on several matters under discussion during the day's Forum, particularly on gun laws and the impact that fracking will have on Eastern North Carolina. ... Continue Reading →
Lee Thompson Young Foundation
“We can create a movement for change, a movement in consciousness. a movement in the way that we think, so that together we can change the story about mental health and wellness.” – Velma Love Bipolar disorder struck Velma Love's family more than a decade ago. Her son Lee was diagnosed. He was ... Continue Reading →
League of Conservation Voters on environmental issues
Megan Boler and Zachary Denard, field organizers with the League of Conservation Voters, made a presentation about their office's efforts to raise environmental awareness. Boler showed a short segment of video that gave two examples of how environmental concerns are playing out in two different ... Continue Reading →
Lyles comments on Hagan Senate race
Vi Alexander Lyles rose near the end of the Forum to comment on the importance of the Senate race in North Carolina in November. ... Continue Reading →
Open Forum Topics
Tuesday's Open Forum saw participants rise to discuss issues on their minds. To respect privacy of Forum participants and to encourage candor during such discussions, it is the policy of this website to transcribe or paraphrase these discussions without identifying the names of the speakers. In some ... Continue Reading →
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