Here's your weekly update of upcoming events in the mayor's race!
As you know, The Next Mayor is keeping an ongoing calendar of events in the race. Visit our home page to see it -- or to submit an event.
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Upcoming Events:
TUESDAY
Mayoral Candidate Forum on Aging Issues
(Tuesday, March 20, 10 am to 11:30 am, Philadelphia Senior Center – 509 S. Broad Street)
The Philadelphia Association of Senior Services Administrators (PASSA) and the AARP-PA will host this mayoral candidate forums on aging issues. An additional forum will be held April 17 in Vernon Park.
The event will be moderated by Willo Carey of WHYY. Senior Center participants and the public are invited to attend. For information call AARP at 866-389-5654
Educational session for Latino voters with limited English skills
(Tuesday, March 20, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Lighthouse, 152 West Lehigh Avenue)
The City’s Board of Elections is hosting a series of community information exchange meetings to listen to concerns from "Limited English Proficient" voters and help better prepare them to vote in the upcoming local and national elections. These meetings are being held in connection with the Board’s recently announced LEP Advisory Group. For information, call (215) 425-7800.
WEDNESDAY
Building Agenda for Next Mayor: Poverty, Migration and Community Building
(Wednesday, March 21, 3:30 pm to 5 pm, Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street)
Focusing on West Philadelphia’s immigrant and receiving communities, this forum explores how civic organizations are pursuing community and economic development at the local and international levels. Participants will ask what the city’s next mayor can and should do to promote shared prosperity as Philadelphia strives to become ever more a “global city.”
Panelists include: Dr. Bernard E. Anderson, Whitney M. Young, Jr. Professor of Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Matthew Creighton, Philadelphia Migration Project, Penn Demography; Agatha Johnson, Founder and CEO, AfriCaribe Micro-Enterprise Network; Thoai Nguyen, Executive Director, Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition; Alisa Orduna-Sneed, Executive Director, The Partnership CDC. Moderator : Domenic Vitiello, Penn Urban Studies Program.
For more information on the broader series of Public Conversations, click here.
Society Hill Civic Association Mayoral Candidates Night
(Wednesday, March 21, 7pm to 9pm, Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St)
THURSDAY
Phila. Block Captains Mayoral Forum
(Thursday, March 22, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm)
Candidates will discuss the important issues concerning the quality and access to health care and public health for the city. Block Captains, CoCaptains and concerned neighbors are invited; to reserve your place, call (215) 563-5343 ext.113 or e-mail: eryan@philamedsoc.org
FRIDAY
Energy & Transportation mayoral candidate forum
(Friday, March 23, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Friends Center Meetinghouse, 15th and Cherry St)
How will our next mayor meet the challenges of rising energy costs, peak oil and global warming? This question and more will be answered at the Mayoral Candidate forum on Energy and Transportation. Sponsored by the Energy Coordinating Agency, along with Friends Center, Pennsylvania League of Conservation Voters, PenTrans, and Philly Beyond Oil. The event will be facilitated by Zack Stalberg, CEO of the Committee of Seventy.
Post your questions to the candidate here. For more information call 215-988-0929 ext. 242 or RSVP to carols@ecasavesenergy.org