Make your voice heard at Charlotte town hall series

TROY HULL | THE CHARLOTTE POST

The Black Charlotteans Town Hall Series is an emplowerment platform for residents to dialogue on municipal issues that matter most ahead of November's elections. The first town hall is Sept. 3 at First Baptist Church West.

A Charlotte nonprofit wants to know what Black Charlotteans want ahead of November’s municipal elections.

For The Struggle is launching the Black Charlotteans Town Hall Series Sept. 3 at First Baptist Church West, 1801, Oaklawn Ave. The forum will start at 6:30 p.m. and registration is required at bit.ly/CLTTH1. 

Meetings are also scheduled for Sept. 25 and Oct. 9 at sites to be announced. The town halls are a platform to shape a community-led agenda ahead of the election.

“Too often, our communities are studied but not heard. This isn’t just another program—it’s a movement to center the people closest to the pain in the process of influencing policy,” Brandi Williams, director of the Eatmon Project, For The Struggle’s grassroots engagement and empowerment initiative, said in a statement. “We’ve taken the surveys. Now it’s time to build the agenda—together.”

The town hall series is a collaboration with The Charlotte Observer, The Beloved Community Center, and Black Voters Matter.

More than 1,000 residents have responded to the Black Charlotteans Issues Survey of challenges and priorities and forum organizers aim to convert participants’ dialogue and experiences into an agenda that can be presented to elected officials, candidates and community leaders.

The town halls will include:

• Review of community survey data

• Breakout groups led by facilitators

• Free dinner

• On-site voter registration

• Civic resources

“This is about building a vision and power—not just voting,” says Williams. “We want to know: what would a city with resources and services for us look like?”

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