March 28, 2023 One always wanted to be an immigration lawyer. One fell into lawyering sort of by accident. Another was the daughter of a lawyer. Their stories are worth turning into snippets of video to show in high school career exploration classes. Including the stories about seeing and then ... Continue Reading →
They did overcome: Pioneer Black nurses as hospitals desegregated
March 21, 2023 The Hill-Burton Act embodied President Truman's determination to make hospital care available to all. The prime goal, to increase beds nationwide, was achieved in 1980. To get federal support, however, Hill-Burton required entities like Charlotte Memorial Hospital to desegregate all ... Continue Reading →
Dorsey shuts down ‘The Plug’, chronicler of Blacks in tech
March 15, 2023 Six years ago to the month, a young, determined entrepreneur addressed the Forum. She was asked what Charlotte could do to attract more young, determined entrepreneurs to the city. “I Iike real simple steps" she said. "I don’t think we need 20-40 page business plans. I ... Continue Reading →
Physician-turned-author offers ways to eat more healthfully
March 14, 2023 Guys, when they reach their midlife, have a crisis and go out and buy a red car, right? Former New Yorker Monique May, a Temple Medical School-trained family practice doctor who was a resident at what is now Atrium Health in Charlotte, decided to go to culinary school, write what ... Continue Reading →
Making broadcast paths straighter for Black women who followed
March 7, 2023 Memories flowed this morning as three who were among the first Black women hired by Charlotte TV broadcasters shared the good and the bad, the hilarious and the horrific that they witnessed. Deborah Mann Gibbs, a St. Louis native, joined WBTV in 1975. Just a month earlier, she had ... Continue Reading →
Equity Initiative: What’s ahead, what’s already on a bumpy path
Feb. 28, 2023; last updated March 1 Malcomb Coley offered to talk about how Mayor Lyles' Racial Equity Initiative came together. As a campaign chair of the $250 million fundraising project, Coley had much to report on. But one of the things that Coley chose to disclose was a development project ... Continue Reading →
‘We simply must have faith in each other’
Feb. 24, 2023 Our thanks to New York Times columnist David French for pointing out the prophetic words of President Jimmy Carter in 1979 that got to the crux of issues still facing the American community in 2023. Forum participants under 40 were not even born when these words were delivered to a ... Continue Reading →
Listening to district voices for CMS Board of Education
Feb. 21, 2023 Four of the six District representatives on the CMS Board of Education participated this morning in a discussion at the Forum. The initial idea was to compare how the promises they made before November's election compared with their actions to date. The quick answer is that very ... Continue Reading →
Giving all a chance to bid to serve Charlotte area visitors
Feb. 14, 2023 Anthony Shelborne just wanted a link on the Forum's website for material from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. Facilitator Laura McClettie knew that Shelborne also had a story to tell. This morning Forum participants heard that story – not a personal rags-to-riches yarn, ... Continue Reading →
Things lost, nothing forgotten: Mecklenburg’s Black schools
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