Giving all a chance to bid to serve Charlotte area visitors

February 14, 2023 Growing Business

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

February 7, 2023 Education & Health

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Rep. Adams marks Black History Month in House floor speech

February 1, 2023 Community & Housing

Feb. 1, 2023 Below is the text as prepared for delivery of U.S. Rep. Alma Adams' floor speech marking Black History Month. "Today I rise to celebrate the first day of Black History Month, and to honor the Greensboro Four for exemplifying this year’s Black History Month theme, Black ... Continue Reading →

History doesn’t make people; People make history

February 1, 2023 Media & Forum

Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023 Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →

Tools for reading emotions, in others and yourself

January 31, 2023 Education & Health

Jan. 31, 2023 Note to young people: Sometimes your work life can spring right out of and build on your life experience. Mic Alexander's current situation is a case in point. Some life events that Alexander described this morning led her to ask, how did I overcome these issues and handle it all? ... Continue Reading →

Aiding seniors, stabilizing neighborhoods

January 24, 2023 Community & Housing

Jan. 24, 2023 A thirtysomething whirlwind, a Charleston-born lawyer named Alesha Brown, is building in Charlotte a service organization that may help people decide for themselves whether community efforts just happen, or whether the ones that thrive and serve are blessed with energetic, engaged and ... Continue Reading →

‘Pregnancy and Incarceration’: A primer on N.C. laws abusing women

January 17, 2023 Government & Politics

Jan. 17, 2023 Note to men and women who have not been held in prisons or jails operating under the laws of North Carolina: Take 75 minutes right now and listen to this presentation by Kristie Puckett-Williams. May it change your life priorities and, as soon as possible, also change the laws of ... Continue Reading →

Reflecting on how to refocus attention on community needs

January 10, 2023 Media & Forum

Jan. 10, 2023 Open Forum meetings over the years have often focused on creating lists of people that should be invited to make presentations at future meetings. There was some of that this morning, and big issues – CMS growth plans and the city's development guidelines, for examples – are ... Continue Reading →

Whither Charlotte-Mecklenburg?

January 1, 2023 Media & Forum

Jan. 1, 2023 The following were published as a series in the "Recently at the Forum" space on the front of the Forum website during the post-holiday period, Jan. 1-Jan. 10, when the Forum did not meet. A series named "Happy Holidays" was published in that space Dec. 19-31. True, it is ... Continue Reading →

Happy Holidays 2022

December 19, 2022 Media & Forum

These windows on the 2022 holidays were published in the "Recently at the Forum" space on the front of this website during the Forum's winter holiday. ... Continue Reading →