Jan. 11, 2022 Committed. Driven. Hungry. Those were among the words Tuesday's presenter used to describe what it takes to succeed in the entrepreneurial space. Rachelle Latimer's last visit to the Forum in 2017 focused on details what makes success difficult for minority contractors. Today's ... Continue Reading →
Rebuilding K-12 education after COVID disruption
Jan. 4, 2022 On a day when CMS and other schools were returning to classrooms, Forum participants engaged in a discussion of challlenges schools face in the post-COVID era. The conversation covered lots of ground: Many children have fallen behind amid remote learning. Teachers are leaving for ... Continue Reading →
New name, same mission: Sarah Stevenson Tuesday Forum
Jan. 4, 2022 Sarah Stevenson Tuesday Forum. Facilitators this morning announced their November decision to re-brand the community group that's been known over the years as a club and a forum but chiefly as the place where one strong woman insisted that people could get along and, by golly, they ... Continue Reading →
Claudette Colvin: A teen sits down, before Rosa Parks
"Incredible Black Women You Should Know About" – The Series Claudette Colvin (Before Rosa Parks) (September 5, 1939 – ) By DonnaMarie Woodson This article, from the January 2022 edition of the Charmeck Chronicle, is published here with permission of the author. Before Rosa Parks refused to ... Continue Reading →
Profound Gentlemen tallies its educator support efforts
Dec. 31, 2021 Charlotte-based Profound Gentlemen issued an annual report outlining the year’s accomplishments in supporting male educators of color both professionally and personally as a way to boost retention of these mentors in America’s classrooms. The details were provided in a YouTube ... Continue Reading →
Forum delays return to in-person meetings
Dec. 21, 2021 At a virtual meeting this afternoon, the Forum's facilitators decided to delay until further notice any return to in-person Forum meetings. Facilitators had earlier expressed optimism that in-person meetings would resume Jan. 4. Then along came Omicron. The possibly less lethal ... Continue Reading →
Looking for a New Year’s Resolution?
Dec. 15, 2021 From an Episcopal News Service Q&A with The Rev. Fletcher Harper, a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, N.J., and executive director of the Manhattan-based GreenFaith, a worldwide, multi-faith climate and environmental movement. Q: I read that you will be ... Continue Reading →
Scandal in plain sight: Assistance not getting to struggling households
Dec. 14, 2021 Mecklenburg's Ginny Harper collaborated with three others to shine a light on a number of programs available to low-income households with varying levels of income. Beyond explaining their programs, the four made a pitch for partnering with other groups in an effort to make contact ... Continue Reading →
March primary delayed to May
Dec. 9, 2021 On Wednesday, Dec. 8, the N.C. Supreme Court ordered that the first primary for Election 2022, initially scheduled for March 8, be delayed until May 17, to allow lower courts to hear and rule on challenges to the districting maps. Filing for all elections subject to primaries was ... Continue Reading →
Longest-serving District Court judge announces retirement in September
Dec. 7, 2021 Judge Rickye McKoy Mitchell today announced that she would retire from the bench on Sept. 1, 2022. In an accompanying video (below), she described her decision as “not a farewell, but a next step.” Her statement: “Greetings, Colleagues and Community! “After 24 years of Judicial ... Continue Reading →
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