April 4, 2017 Christy Kluesner and her husband Dean think a carbon tax will help preserve the Earth for generations to come. They portray themselves, and the Citizens' Climate Lobby they work through, as playing the long game to achieve a legislative solution that encourages movement away from all ... Continue Reading →
Sherrell Dorsey, leading in the tech space, focusing on action
March 28, 2017 Sherrell Dorsey is from Charlotte – and Seattle, and New York, and Connecticut. Like many of her fellow millennials, she appears to have had about nine jobs in the last seven years. She's moving! This morning she fired up another crowd, this one full of hardbitten longtime ... Continue Reading →
County manager update
March 21, 2017 Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio offered an update this morning on a variety of county issues. She ended with the Health Department imbroglio, mentioning that all women who had been tested for cervical cancer but not notified of test results have now been found. Her message to ... Continue Reading →
Four who are making a difference in Charlotte community groups
March 14, 2017 Four women making a difference in Charlotte-area community-focused organizations shared the front table this morning. Speakers were Colette Forrest, president, Black Political Caucus; Carolyn Logan, president, Black Women’s Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg; Kerry Miller, president, ... Continue Reading →
Election 2017: Kris Chambers Woodruff
– Page initiated March 7, 2017 Kris Chambers Woodruff is a candidate for Charlotte City Council District 5. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2017 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. March 7, ... Continue Reading →
Election 2017: Priscilla Johnson
– Page initiated March 7, 2017 Priscilla Johnson is a candidate for Charlotte City Council District 4. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2017 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. May 2, 2017 April 25, ... Continue Reading →
Minority Contracting 101: Rachelle Latimer offers some pointers
March 7, 2017 Rachelle Latimer is president and chief diversity officer for TRS&I Group, Inc., consultants on meeting equal opportunity program requirements. The firm was recently hired to work with Sugar Creek Construction, one of the prime partners in the current construction of 26 miles of ... Continue Reading →
Election 2017: Blanche Penn
– Page initiated Feb. 28, 2017 Blanche Penn is a candidate for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education District 3. Below are video or audio files of statements made by the candidate or surrogates at the Forum during the 2017 election cycle. To start a video, click on it. Oct. 3, ... Continue Reading →
‘A Mother’s Cry for Her Children: Generations of Black History Moments’
Feb. 28, 2017 Dr. Yolanda Holmes’ avocation is writing dramatic scripts. She said today that when she thought of a way to share a perspective on Black History, she started writing. The result was the presentation below, offered at the beginning of today’s Forum. The video below contains the ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte Career Discovery Day is April 20
https://charlottenc.gov/NBS/CE/Youth/Pages/default.aspx Feb. 28 2017 Dawn Hill, Dr. Yolanda Holmes and David Jessup teamed up. As in bringing three teams together to present a place for thousands of children to see something of careers they might never otherwise consider. Hill heads the Mayor’s ... Continue Reading →
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