Feb. 24, 2015 Bob Morgan went to school in Charlotte. His calling of place names and schoolhouse names and the legendary educators who helped shaped him drew smiles from the smallish Forum audience that braved Tuesday's light snow to hear the president of the Charlotte Chamber. He spoke, in a ... Continue Reading →
Lawyer offers tips on handling encounters with the police
Jan. 20, 2015 Charles Everage has won big legal cases against the police. He's defended the police. The Montgomery native with a Charlotte practice spoke Tuesday at the Forum, and had some unambiguous advice for people young and old who find themselves in an encounter with the police. Excerpts are ... Continue Reading →
Friendship Trays to launch new culinary jobs training program
Lucy Bush Carter, executive director of Friendship Trays, made this presentation Tuesday about the launch Wednesday of a new culinary job training program. Friendship Trays, launched in 1976, is the primary meals-on-wheels program in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. “About 20 years ago, the director of ... Continue Reading →
Young Entrepreneurs Network: Learning together as they grow their businesses
After their presentation at the Forum, some of the members of the Young Entrepreneurs Network posed for a photo with Nasif Majeed (in cap above), who in a long business career was at one time leader of the West Charlotte Business Incubator near the Johnson C. Smith University campus. The ... Continue Reading →
Neighbors review Recreation Center renovation plans
Park and Recreation officials met Monday night with neighbors to discuss renovation plans for the West Charlotte Recreation Center. The roughly $1 million project is likely to close down the center from late spring to roughly December 2015. It will be the first major re-do of the heavily used ... Continue Reading →
Darrell Gregory
Our young men and women, especially those of color, are at war…They’re at war amongst themselves. They’re at war with the media. They’re at war with law enforcement. They’re at war with their families. They’re at war at school. They’re at war among their social peers. —Darrell Gregory Darrell ... Continue Reading →
Sept. 12-13 Indaba at Johnson C. Smith focuses on parent engagement
Malcolm Graham, director for community engagement and government affairs for the Center for Applied Research at Johnson C. Smith University, offered an invitation to all to attend the free event on Sept. 12-13. Details of a center study on parental engagement at area schools will be presented. ... Continue Reading →
Gyasi Foluke offers a theory on community change
Dr. Gyasi Foluke rose from the audience today to give a short lecture on his theory on how to implement community change in the African-American community. He focused on a "system of communication" that turns out people to pressure community leaders to pursue a shared community agenda. "Once ... Continue Reading →
Making Change Happen for the African-American Community
A note about this coverage On May 20, 2014, an Open Forum occurred that requires some change from the way material from the Forum is regularly reported here. At some open Forums, individuals report on specific issues. Often, videos of those presentations are made and treated just as they would ... Continue Reading →
Reflections of Some Who Lived Black History
When the Forum gathered at the Wallace Pruitt Rec Center for the "Highlighting African-American Achievers" exhibit, participants saw reminders of the inventive genius of African-Americans, and saw a riviting skit about the Underground Railroad. When the skit concluded, they met in a room and ... Continue Reading →