Aug. 9, 2022 Will he be an inside hardball player, helping shake things up at CMS by asking questions and pressing for change to improve educational outcomes for children? Will he be a pitchman with a warm, empathetic air adept at bringing warring public parties together? Will he join the legions ... Continue Reading →
Black Philanthropy Month: Growing a Longtime Practice
Aug. 2, 2022 Giving by African Americans, in support of African Americans and their community institutions, is older than America. Often, says writer and philanthropy advocate Valaida Fullwood, that effort has been through churches. And it still is. But Fullwood has a broader mission, proclaimed ... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the winners
July 26, 2022, 9:49 p.m.; 168 of 168 precincts reporting Charlotte Mayor Vi Liles (D) 68.42% Stephanie De Sarachaga-Bilbao (R) 31.32% Charlotte City Council At-large Dimple Ajmera (D) 16.55% Braxton Winston (D) 16.30% LaWana Slack-Mayfield (D) 15.08% James Mitchell (D) 15.06% Kyle Luebke ... Continue Reading →
Forum on contested District Council seats draws 2 of 6 candidates
July 19, 2022 Three District seats on Charlotte City Council are contested on the July 26 ballot. All six candidates were invited to today's Forum. In the video below you will hear from two of them. Democrat Victoria Watlington is running for re-election in District 3, the westside district in ... Continue Reading →
At-large candidates focus on City Council’s unfinished tasks
July 12, 2022 Five of the eight candidates on the July 26 City General Election ballot for four at-large seats on Charlotte City Council this morning tackled housing, transportation, gentrification and other issues in ways that made the era’s partisan divides slip into the background. “What a ... Continue Reading →
Aug. 1 a key date in CMS lunch program
July 11, 2022 Sixty-eight CMS schools this fall will offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. They are know as CEP or Community Eligibility Provision schools. More than than 100 CMS schools are non-CEP sites. Lists of the schools are at the bottom of this page. Non-CEP For families who ... Continue Reading →
An overview to Growing Business
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 →
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