(ETA the Chestnut Hill forum.)
Today, The Next Mayor project is beginning a regular preview of the coming week's most interesting events in the Mayor's race. We're calling it "Seven Days in the Mayor's Race."
Here's the good stuff for next week. And don't forget -- we'd love to add your event. Just e-mail us.
WEEK OF MONDAY, FEB. 26:
Monday, Feb. 26 – 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon (Central High School, 1700 W Olney Ave) FREE
Five mayoral candidates in the Philadelphia mayoral election - Democrats Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah, Tom Knox, and Michael Nutter and Republican Al Taubenberger - will take part in a question and answer forum at Central High School. Among other issues, the city's mayoral hopefuls are debating what they can do to deal with two imporant issues for the future of Philadelphia: crime and education.
Monday, Feb. 26 – 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (United Cerebral Palsy Community Room, 102 E. Mermaid Lane) FREE
Chestnut Hill Community Association will host a candidates' forum; all five Democratic candidates have said they will be present.
Monday, Feb. 26 – 3:30 p.m. (The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street) FREE
Penn’s Urban Studies Program will host its sixth annual series of Public Conversations titled Urban Poverty and Prosperity: Building an Agenda for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor. This discussion will examine welfare reform with panelists John Dodds, Director, Philadelphia Unemployment Project; Jean Hunt, Director, Campaign for Working Families, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition; Roberta Iversen, Penn School of Social Policy and Practice; Melonease Shaw, Chair, Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation. The discussion will be moderated by Mark Stern, Co-Director, Penn Urban Studies. www.sas.upenn.edu
Thursday, March 1 - 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (216 W. Somerset Street) FREE
The Next Mayor project and Congreso de Latinos Unidos have partnered to host a community event to encourage members of Philadelphia’s Latino community to learn more about the upcoming elections. The event will feature stations where attendees can register to vote; learn more about the candidates; discuss voter’s rights specific to the Latino community; practice using a voter booth; fill out surveys that will serve as the issues platform for Congreso’s April 5 Mayoral Forum; and sit for videotaped interviews that will be broadcast on TheNextMayor.com. For more, click here.
Friday, March 2 - 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. (Large Auditorium of the Bonnell Building, 17th Street between Spring Garden and Callowhill streets) FREE
As part of its Law & Society Week, Community College of Philadelphia will host a mayoral candidate forum. All Democratic candidates except Bob Brady have confirmed their attendance. Zachary Stalberg, president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, and Nia Ngina Meeks, a freelance writer and political analyst, will moderate the forum, which is co-sponsored by the College's Center for Law and Society and the College's Phi Theta Kappa, Rho Upsilon Chapter.