Terry Shook, FAIA, along with Hugh McColl (retired CEO of Bank of America), Dionne Nelson (President and CEO of Laurel Street Residential), Dr. Robert C. Scott (Senior Pastor at St. Paul Baptist Church) and Pamela Wideman (Deputy Director Neighborhood & Business Services with The City of Charlotte) shared their own commitments to and models for investing in affordable housing as an avenue for addressing racial inequality and economic opportunity on February 1.

This was the fourth of five collaborative community dialogue series sessions (held January 11, 18, 25, February 1, 8), co-sponsored by Covenant Presbyterian Church, CN Jenkins Presbyterian Church and the Women’s Inter-Cultural Exchange, features multiple participants involved in cross-cultural discussions, with exploration of implicit biases and systemic racism and insights into avenues for creating economic opportunity in Charlotte.

For more information, please visit The Women's Inter-Cultural Exchange website.

Shoptalk Fall is gathering the 150+ industry leaders whose decisions will shape retail in 2027. Speakers will host candid conversations about AI, channel growth, stores, and the future customer.

Kevin Kelley will lead a town hall session on "The Evolving Role of Physical Stores" on Tuesday, September 29 at 3:25PM, alongside Anne Mezzenga, Founder and CEO of Retail Field Report. Learn more and join us here!