About Patrick D. Cannon

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER COLUMBIA – When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the S.C. legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles […]

VIA: www.phoenixhouse.org Friday, March 5, was an incredible day for all of us at Phoenix House. Pop superstar Beyoncé and her mother, fashion designer Tina Knowles joined us for the opening of the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at our Phoenix House Career Academy in Brooklyn. The new Cosmetology Center will offer a seven-month cosmetology training course, […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER A Concord man has been charged with shooting a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with paintballs, authorities said Monday. Police discovered the monument on Cabarrus Avenue had been shot by paintballs last week. Investigators say information led them to suspect Matthew Scarborough, 18. He was arrested Monday and charged with […]

VIA: www.examiner.com In 1981 France awarded Stevie Wonder with their Order of Arts and Letters, one of the highest honors in French culture. Wonder, however, didn’t pick up the award until last Saturday March 6 due to scheduling conflicts. Literally, Wonder reportedly has a incredibly busy schedule, and since he was in Paris to receive […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER The newly opened Charlotte Empowerment Zone in the Pressley Ridge Apartments, which started Jan. 26 with just 11 kids, represents Charlotte’s first attempt at re-creating New York City’s successful Harlem Children’s Zone, an educational initiative serving 17,000 children in a 100-city block area of Harlem. On Tuesday nights, kids jostle to be […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER In two separate stories, we hear good and bad news from CMS. The droprate is down here and across the state. However, school violence is rising at CMS. In the dropout news, the droprate among CMS students was 5 percent down from 5.9 percent in the previous year. In school violence news, […]

VIA: www.newsone.com Recently, President Barack Obama pledged his efforts as well as $900 million to stop the national high school drop out crisis. The efforts of one leader and money are not enough to stop the problem, but it is a start. The current education system offers no skills or career opportunities to the many […]

VIA WCNC One lane of West Trade Street is shut down after pieces of a seven story building fell to the ground late Wednesday night. Police say they received calls around 11:30 p.m. about a couple of pieces of concrete that had fallen off of the Builders Building on the corner of West Trade at […]

VIA: www.huffingtonpost.com, www.tazzdaddy.com Today marks the 45th Anniversary of the assassination of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X.  He was shot on a Sunday in 1965 just before he was to give a speech at a rally in New York City.  He is unarguably one of the most known and influential figures in […]

VIA: City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services and www.charlotteobserver.com Mayor Anthony Foxx is urging all Charlotteans to “Go Green for Charlotte” this week by wearing green to support Charlotte’s new residential recycling program – Recycle It! Effective July 1, Charlotte residents will notice several improvements to the current recycling program.  The most noticeable will be […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Aid organizations warn that well-intentioned efforts like collecting bottled water and clothing on your own may not be the most helpful thing for a disaster-ravaged country that doesn’t have the infrastructure to distribute them. Here are some of the organizations accepting donations for earthquake relief. To donate $10 to the American Red Cross, […]

Via: CharlotteObserver.com Organizations across the Charlotte metro region are rallying to help the victims of Tuesday’s deadly earthquake in Haiti. Among the first to respond was Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse, the relief agency headed by the Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the Rev. Billy Graham. The local American Red Cross chapters in the Carolinas also are […]