April 25, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic drove home the reality that not being on the Internet reduces job opportunities for adults, and can severely restrict young children's education. BEING on the Internet can open social contacts to homebound seniors, get them medical advice, and arrange deliveries ... Continue Reading →
Autism: Nurturing, advocating for people who struggle to communicate or interact
April 18, 2023 There may not be a single cause of autism. There certainly isn’t a magic pill to cure it. Some children exhibit signs of the brain-related ailment by the age of 2; others are nearly adults before signs appear. Some children have very mild cases and may exhibit few symptoms; others ... Continue Reading →
‘Disappointed’ … ‘Enraged’: Views shared on sea change in N.C. political landscape
April 11, 2023 Some people in the room had lent their support to Tricia Cotham when she ran for the N.C. House as a Democrat. Some of the people were part of organizations that endorsed her bid, and supported her platform as a Democrat. The emotions created by the announcement last week that ... Continue Reading →
Steve Crump shares his latest documentary
April 4, 2023 Video documentarian Steve Crump had asked that the Forum today share with Forum participants his latest work: "Andrew Young's Datelines of Protest." On his way to the hospital for observation this morning, he called to say, can't be there but go ahead and share. That's Steve ... Continue Reading →
Women who, as lawyers, pioneered opening justice to all
March 28, 2023 One always wanted to be an immigration lawyer. One fell into lawyering sort of by accident. Another was the daughter of a lawyer. Their stories are worth turning into snippets of video to show in high school career exploration classes. Including the stories about seeing and then ... Continue Reading →
They did overcome: Pioneer Black nurses as hospitals desegregated
March 21, 2023 The Hill-Burton Act embodied President Truman's determination to make hospital care available to all. The prime goal, to increase beds nationwide, was achieved in 1980. To get federal support, however, Hill-Burton required entities like Charlotte Memorial Hospital to desegregate all ... Continue Reading →
Dorsey shuts down ‘The Plug’, chronicler of Blacks in tech
March 15, 2023 Six years ago to the month, a young, determined entrepreneur addressed the Forum. She was asked what Charlotte could do to attract more young, determined entrepreneurs to the city. “I Iike real simple steps" she said. "I don’t think we need 20-40 page business plans. I ... Continue Reading →
Physician-turned-author offers ways to eat more healthfully
March 14, 2023 Guys, when they reach their midlife, have a crisis and go out and buy a red car, right? Former New Yorker Monique May, a Temple Medical School-trained family practice doctor who was a resident at what is now Atrium Health in Charlotte, decided to go to culinary school, write what ... Continue Reading →
Making broadcast paths straighter for Black women who followed
March 7, 2023 Memories flowed this morning as three who were among the first Black women hired by Charlotte TV broadcasters shared the good and the bad, the hilarious and the horrific that they witnessed. Deborah Mann Gibbs, a St. Louis native, joined WBTV in 1975. Just a month earlier, she had ... Continue Reading →
Equity Initiative: What’s ahead, what’s already on a bumpy path
Feb. 28, 2023; last updated March 1 Malcomb Coley offered to talk about how Mayor Lyles' Racial Equity Initiative came together. As a campaign chair of the $250 million fundraising project, Coley had much to report on. But one of the things that Coley chose to disclose was a development project ... Continue Reading →
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