Here's your weekly update of upcoming events in the mayor's race! (And it's a busy week.)
As you know, The Next Mayor is keeping an ongoing calendar of events in the race. If you sign up for updates on the main page (top right corner) you can get it delivered via e-mail.
And we're happy to announce that we are now working with the Fels Civic Exchange to bring you an even more complete guide to the week to come!
Saturday
Bob Brady "Takin' it to the Streets Tour"
(March 24, noon, North 22nd Street)
A caravan of supporters will travel for about three hours from Hope Plaza on North 22nd Street and West Lehigh Avenue to South Philadelphia. For more information, click here.
Michael Nutter to give out smoke detectors
(March 24, noon, 60th and Chestnut streets)
Nutter will give out smoke detectors at the corner of 60th and Chestnut at noon Saturday, and then talk with local business owners. For more information, click here.
Monday
Tribune poll released
(March 26, 10:00 a.m.)
The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s oldest black newspaper, will announce the results of its second poll on the upcoming Philadelphia Mayor’s race.
Chaka Fattah to release after-school plan
(March 26, 10 a.m., Redeemer Christian Life and Education Building at 24th & Dickinson Streets)
Fattah plans an announcement of after-school programs. For more information, click here.
Tuesday
Frankford Business Professionals Mayoral Forum
(March 27, 6:30 to 8:30, St. James Lutheran Church, 5185 Castor Avenue.)
Candidate forum.
Next Great City Community Presentation
(March 27, 6:45 to 8:30, Fishtown Recreation Center, E. Montgomery and E. Girard)
A coalition of over 60 organizations, led by Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, is recommending to the Mayor and City Council 10 actions to "make every neighborhood better, maintain and improve the city's infrastructure and assets, and attract new investment, jobs, and people."
These 10 actions have been thoroughly researched and screened for popular support and range from adopting modern zoning to stopping sewer backups and flooding.
Sponsored by the Neighborhood Advisory Committee of NKCDC. Funding provided by the Philadelphia Office of Housing and Community Development.
Wednesday
African & Caribbean Business Council Mayoral Forum
(March 28 6:30 to 8:30, Club Sikira, 1040 S. 57th Street)
Candidate forum.
Thursday
ACORN: Mayoral Candidates Forum
(Thursday, March 29, 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, Bright Hope Church, 12th Street and Cecil B Moore Avenue)
Philadelphia ACORN PAC is sponsoring a Mayoral Candidates forum with invited candidates State Representative Dwight Evans, Former Councilman Michael Nutter, Congressman Michael Nutter, Congressman Bob Brady, Businessman Tom Knox, and Congressman Chaka Fattah.
The forum will focus on issues, problems, and solutions of low and moderate income communities. The candidates’ views and interpretation of Philadelphia ACORN Housing, Heating and Home Repair Platform and how it can be implemented to further develop struggling neighborhoods and families.
Germantown Mayoral Candidate Forum
(Thursday, March 29, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Yarnell Hall at Germantown Friends School, 31 West Coulter Street)
Sponsored by the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Germantown Settlement, Northwest Advisory Committee (NWAC), Germantown 76, The Seven G’s, Germantown Friends School and Central Germantown Council (CGC), this mayoral forum will focus on the communities located in the Northwest part of the city.
Saturday
Pentecostal Clergy PAC Mayoral Candidate Breakfast
(March 31, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., 1159 East Chelten Avenue)
Candidate breakfast.
Next week
Mayoral Candidate forum on Children's Issues
(Wednesday, April 4, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Free Library of Philadelphia, Main Branch, 1901 Vine Street)
The Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth is hosting a Mayoral Candidate Forum on children's issues on Wednesday, April 4th, starting at 6:30 p.m., at the Free Library.
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