It's SouthBound Live, a panel discussion about the future of Charlotte

3/27/2024

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This week on SouthBound, we've got a live recording of a SouthBound panel discussion on the future of Charlotte. The panelists are Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill; Sil Ganzó, the founder of ourBRIDGE, which provides after-school programs for immigrant and refugee children; and John Searby, director of the Catawba Riverkeeper organization and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.

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It's SouthBound Live, a panel discussion about the future of Charlotte

SouthBound

More episodes from "SouthBound"

Mike Collins interviews Tommy Tomlinson about his new book, 'Dogland'

Pete Candler delves into the untold history of the South, and of his own family

It's our second panel of SouthBound Live, a discussion about the future of Charlotte

It's SouthBound Live, a panel discussion about the future of Charlotte

Alice Randall shines a light on the Black trailblazers in country music (including herself)

Kindred Motes helps companies doing well make sure they're doing good

Jason Kirk grew up an evangelical kid. Now he's written a novel about it

SouthBound replay: Tressie McMillan Cottom explores deep American issues both public and personal

Social media star Landon Bryant explains the South to the rest of the world

Rebecca Renner takes us to 'Gator Country' with a tale of swampers and poachers