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Johnson C. Smith students at College Sunday. (Photo courtesy of QCityMetro)
Posted: September 29th, 2010 Greg Lacour
Some stories worth sharing this week:
- A massive shakeup in difficult times for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Would your children be affected?
- A coalition of Charlotte civil rights and labor groups unites for a kind of riposte to the Tea Party movement--the One Nation March in Washington on Oct. 2 to demand fair wages, affordable education and justice in the courts.
- C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church held its annual College Sunday, attended by visited by members of Johnson C. Smith University’s football and volleyball teams and UNC Charlotte’s gospel choir, Voices of Eden. They heard a powerful message about the importance of living productive lives.
- An interesting discussion from WFAE's Charlotte Talks about the phenomenon of free clinics for people who can’t afford health care--a growing trend nationwide and in Charlotte.
- Are social media eroding the power of social activism? Author Malcolm Gladwell thinks so; the Observer’s Eric Frazier thinks not so much. You?
