CBI Charlotte

08/06/2019

Blumenthal Performing Arts is proud to host an intercultural, interfaith community workshop on Wednesday, August 7 at 7 p.m. at Spirit Square in Uptown (345 N. College St). This workshop will serve as an opportunity to create meaningful dialogue surrounding themes of the 10-time Tony Award-winning musical The Band’s Visit, playing Knight Theater August 6-25, that develop relationships and deepen our understanding of each other.

Links for registration in the comments. It's not too late to save your spot and get your ticket!

Attendees of this workshop are invited to attend the Tuesday, August 13 or Wednesday, August 14 performance of The Band’s Visit at a discounted rate of $15 off. In addition, there will be a catered reception at Knight Theater for attendees before each performance.

Tag a friend to come with you and


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06/18/2019

Community Action Week is June 17-22. Join tomorrow June 19 for their FREE Community Health Fair. Free professional medical screenings, music, a live Radio One broadcast, AND a raffle! What's not to like?!?!?!?!?!?

What can you do to be a healthier community member?
Drop your answers in the thread below!

05/31/2019

05/20/2019

This Thursday come and check out and resident artist

The Roll Up is an ethical, long-term, community redevelopment project that explores the possibilities for economic improvement through people, community arts and creative strategies.

$han Wallace is an award winning photographer, artist, and freedom fighter from East Baltimore. Inspired by the service of social change and the social power of art, and harsh realities rooted in racial and economic divides during her up brining in poverty, Shan, uses the lens to document communities of the African diaspora.

Shan and the Roll Up will also be features in CBI's upcoming Community Spotlight Series, so this is your chance for a sneak peak.

Meet some people, learn something new, and invest in your community.

05/09/2019

Charlotte SHOUT! is a celebration of art, music, food and ideas in the heart of Uptown Charlotte, April 29-May 11. It's a great chance to explore your city and connect with your community!

Tag a friend you want to check out with.

05/07/2019

Join us TOMORROW for an interactive dialogue about the story behind our Legacy of Lynching exhibit, Mecklenburg County’s documented lynchings, and the journey of bringing a memorial for these tragic events to Charlotte.



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This event is free and open to the public. However, we still ask that you pre-register.

04/25/2019

Did you know that has partnered up with for their production of Oslo?

We are proud to partner with Three Bone Theatre on Oslo, a play about having courageous conversations that humanizethe "other" and the (seemingly impossible and deeply hopeful) process of working towards equity and peace.

@ Charlotte, North Carolina

04/16/2019

"Children must be taught how to think not what to think" Margaret Mead

April 18 at The Imaginon, Bridging the Difference is hosting Charlotte's youth to Building a Positive Future a Bridging the Difference event.

Tag a friend with a future leader!

04/08/2019

Tag a friend and take the pledge to complete the White Supremacy and Me Workbook and
together. Thank you for your leadership! Link in bio.

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“This challenge was life changing, soul shifting, eye opening and I am so grateful. My expectations for myself and
for what I pass on to my children is forever changed. Thank you Layla."

Heather Haynes - Modesto, USA

@ Charlotte, North Carolina

04/06/2019

RCLM 37 is a collaborative history project that reimagines the past, present, and future narratives of "The Ford." Opening reception for the experimental museum exhibition includes the premier of the documentary/sound track featuring artist and community stake holders from the Beatties Ford Corridor. 3:00pm-7:00pm

04/05/2019

to CBI's 20th Anniversary Stake Holders Breakfast. Where we learned how to and to work towards an equitable Charlotte.

But now what?

For more inspiration about how to Wake Up, Step Up, and Interrupt check out our Things To Do document. There you can find community events, podcast recommendations, and reading lists.

Link in bio.

@ Charlotte, North Carolina