Diversity

Jul 29, 2020

Racial Equity in Criminal Justice

Summary: Leslie Boney, the Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a special virtual conversations discussing “Racial Equity in Criminal Justice” with guests Justice Anita Earls and Attorney General… 

Jun 23, 2020

First in Future: Rev. James White on Juneteenth

Summary: Juneteenth or sometimes called Freedom Day, is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June… 

Jun 5, 2020

Reflect and have a conversation

Summary: IEI is hosting a conversation around the issues of parenting, policing and systemic racism that the people of our state and nation are grappling with right now. This episode’s… 

May 29, 2020

Civic Conversations In Time Of Pandemic

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

May 26, 2020

First in Future: James Ford and Lori Thomas of UNC Charlotte

Summary: A new series of reports from the Urban Institute at UNC Charlotte took a closer look at who has wealth in the Charlotte region and who doesn’t. The series… 

May 21, 2020

First in Future Remembers Andrea Harris

Summary: First in Future Remembers Andrea Harris North Carolina lost a really good citizen on May 20. Andrea Harris died at the age of 72. Andrea spent 50 years standing… 

Apr 14, 2020

First in Future: Associate Professor of History at NC State Dr. Blair Kelley

Summary: In August, the New York Times Magazine launched a project designed to try to understand the consequences of a system they traced back to 1619. That’s when the first… 

Feb 11, 2020

First in Future: Director of community engagement at Forward Wilkes LB Prevette

Summary: We all know people in our hometowns or neighborhoods who have a way of bringing people and ideas together in a community, big or small. Some may call them… 

Dec 10, 2019

First in Future: R&D Vice President at SAS Oita Coleman

Summary: At our upcoming forum in February, IEI will explore strategies to ensure that people across North Carolina can take full advantage of broadband, the digital economy and new technology.… 

Oct 1, 2019

First in Future: Appalachian State University Professor of History Dr. Karl Campbell

Summary: The next Emerging Issues Forum, ReCONNECT to Economic Opportunity, is coming up on October 15 in Charlotte. It’s going to be a day focused on the people at the…