From the outset, the Forum has been a gathering place for Black Charlotteans eager to build community and family wealth. Forum presentations mostly focus on government, politics and education. But listen closely to the networking before and after meetings and you will hear stories being passed, ... Continue Reading →
July 10, 2022 From a Daniel Souleles Washington Post review of “Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business” by Alan Murray and Catherine Whitney, reprinted in the Charlotte Observer July 10: On Sept. 24, 2020, Twitter user @pookleblinky wrote: “Every heartwarming human interest ... Continue Reading →
CMS seeks advice on attendance area lines in 3 areas
July 8, 2022 CMS is continuing to seek community guidance on school assignment changes that could touch more than a dozen CMS schools, reassign untold hundreds of students, be finalized by the Board of Education in about six weeks and take effect for the 2023-24 schol year. All this has been ... Continue Reading →
Remember the Fourth on the Twenty-Sixth
July 4, 2022 Happy Fourth of July. Remember this day on Tuesday, July 26 – your first opportunity to vote. On the general election ballot on July 26 – this is not a primary and not a test – will be candidates for Charlotte Mayor and City Council. ... Continue Reading →
New name, but decades of service to city’s future leaders
Jared Keaton, lower left; other photos from Alliance Center's website. June 28, 2022 The name Alliance Center for Education left even community-minded Forum participants with blank looks. But when the name Bethlehem Center of Charlotte surfaced, many faces brightened; ah, the perils of ... Continue Reading →
Career & Tech Education: A CMS Update
June 21, 2022 As with most dissections of policy or practice within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, there were multiple layers of reality on display as the Forum sought from a CMS program director some details of how career and technical education plays out in the schools ... Continue Reading →
Will 2023 school bond issue get the attention it deserves?
June 16, 2022 The last move toward a bond issue for school construction was under way just as COVID-19 closed the schools. No doubt it is time to revisit the issue. But with an interim superintendency under way and leadership turnover guaranteed via November’s school board district elections, the ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte hosts info session on ADA Transition Plan
June 15, 2022 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations held an hour-long virtual session on its ADA Transition Plan at noon. The session was recorded to YouTube beginning about 11:30, with the session beginning about noon. The window below is set to start with the meeting's introductory ... Continue Reading →
County’s 2023 property revaluation already under way
June 14, 2022 Ken Joyner and his assistant, Brad Fowler, were ready. Ready to explain property revaluation, why it's done, what the schedule is, and when any changes will show up on tax bills. But they were also ready for the questions this audience had uppermost in mind: Why should I ... Continue Reading →
Reflections on the upcoming Juneteenth celebration
June 7, 2022 The message about freedom is not an artifact of ancient American history. It was like yesterday for Ceretha Sherrill. And it is personal. Sherrill grew up listening to her father's stories about her grandfather, an American enslaved by other Americans. The red on the Juneteenth ... Continue Reading →
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