March 23, 2025 Barack Obama marked the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act with this video. ... Continue Reading →
Rep. Adams: Focus on ways to blunt Trump tyrrany
March 18, 2025 Alma Adams sprinkles the word salad with reality, not bluster. Bipartisanship does work. Research should precede action. Members of Congress listen to constituents. The executive branch's job is to spend the money appropriated by Congress. There are ways individual citizens and ... Continue Reading →
Kim Graham on her journey to Apartment Association
March 13, 2025 The video below captures a reality deeper and more nuanced than the generic "experience" section of a LinkedIn page. Indeed, parental discretion is advised for those watching this morning's video with young children. Kim Graham, executive director of the Greater Charlotte ... Continue Reading →
Barrier-breaking U.S. Attorney ready for next venture
March 4, 2025 U.S. Attorneys who are presidentially appointed, as Charlotte-based Dena J. King was, cycle out of those positions when a new president is inaugurated. King's resignation as U.S. Attorney for the N.C. Western District was effective Feb. 12. And what since then – and what about her ... Continue Reading →
March 1, 2025 Women's History Month 2025 March 4: Dena J. King, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. March 11: Kim Graham, Executive Director of Greater Charlotte Apartment Association. March 18: U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, NC-12. March 25: Linda Lockhart, ... Continue Reading →
Family values: Education, mutual aid, seeking justice for all
Feb. 25, 2025 Today's Forum focused on a set of overlapping families that have left a mark on Charlotte's struggle for freedom, justice and equality for all. If viewers of the video below cry out for a graphic showing how the family trees intertwined on Charlotte's west side in the 20th Century, ... Continue Reading →
Report outlines the task ahead for NC schools
Feb. 20, 2025 MyFutureNC is a nonprofit following up on 2019 bipartisan N.C. legislation setting a goal that "2 million North Carolinians aged 25-44 hold an industry-valued credential or postsecondary degree by 2030." There is a ways to go, and annual reports offer details. More on the report is ... Continue Reading →
Articles of Faith: Narratives from smaller faith communities
Feb. 18, 2025 They are Catholic, Protestant, Muslim. They know the disparate paths their own faith congregations have taken on the path to the present. Yet they seem to agree that they have much in common, and a shared calling. And when pressed on whether they can become more united in serving the ... Continue Reading →
A ‘monument for resistance’ rose in Black Brooklyn
Feb. 11, 2025 Fergie danced. There were many light moments. There were wonderful stories illuminating the work of a Charlotte law firm pursuing civil rights for all citizens. Dangerous work. Julius Chambers' law office was firebombed. Methodical work. As federal laws were passed, the ... Continue Reading →
GOV Channel to air Feb. 4 conversation with 4 Black mayors
Feb. 8, 2025 The City of Charlotte's GOV Channel will be airing throughout February a video of the Forum's Feb. 4 meeting with former mayors Harvey Gantt, Anthony Foxx, Patrick Cannon and current Mayor Vi Lyles. This link to the video may not work until after 1 p.m. Sunday, According to the ... Continue Reading →