– – – – – Below is a major portion of the Forum meeting as broadcast live to Facebook today by Ché Abdullah. ... Continue Reading →
Why African-Americans thrived despite Jim Crow schools
Despite inadequate buildings and out-of-date textbooks, many African-Americans thrived in segregated CMS schools. In this Forum discussion, some of those taught during the era of Jim Crow explain why. The clips in this video are from the Forum's Feb. 7, 2023 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
Visioning the future & building resources to make it happen
March 17, 2026 Deidra Willis has an approach to meshing life goals with financial instruments that might help you achieve the goals. First, the financial planner told Forum participants this morning, is to figure out where you're headed. Do you have the education you need? What assets ... Continue Reading →
The music: ‘It’s in you’
The clip in this video is from the Forum's March 12, 2013 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
Black women dying in childbirth: Action for solutions
2 advocates review the alarming statistics
March 10, 2026 By ZHATEYA JONES The Forum's first session in a series prepared for Women's History Month posed this question: Why are Black women still dying in childbirth in the United States? Presenter was Danette McLaurin Glass, Managing Principal and Senior Strategist of First TEAM ... Continue Reading →
‘Let’s get busy and do something about it’
March 6, 2026 Clips in this video are from the Forum's Feb. 10, 2026 meeting. ... Continue Reading →
March 3, 2026 Mecklenburg primaries
All 195 precincts reporting, 10:42 p.m.; March 3, 2026 15.5% of Mecklenburg's 819,366 voters participated After all polls closed, unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals were available at the NC Board of Elections website here. This page is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on ... Continue Reading →
Update on election result reporting
March 2, 2026 Tomorrow is Primary Election Day. I hope that you vote if you have not already. Reporting election results has been part of this website since its inception. Elections have consequences, as they say. Staying home has consequences for us all. Please vote. In preparation for the ... Continue Reading →
Invite children to tell the story, and….
Feb. 26, 2026 In 2014, Jason (Jet) Jones was part of Maria Macon's Young Entrepreneurs Network. (So also was Forum facilitator Jasmine Wright.) By 2016, in a follow-up Forum presentation, it was clear that Jason Jet was focused on passing on his craft to younger Charlotteans. Today, he ... Continue Reading →
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