Busy week next week, folks -- I had to hide almost all of it behind the jump.
Still, here's your weekly update of upcoming events in the mayor's race!
Upcoming Events:
MONDAY
“Design for Community and Quality of Life” Mayoral candidates forum
(April 9, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, The Montgomery Auditorium of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch, 1901 Vine Street)
This event is a mayoral candidates forum focusing on issues affecting the look and feel of neighborhoods. An emphasis will be put on the physical design of Philadelphia. The event is free and open to the public, and no registration is required.
The forum will be moderated by Chris Satullo, Editorial Page Editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Audience members will also be allowed to submit questions.
Hosted by the Design Advocacy Group, American Institute for Architects Philadelphia, Local Host Committee of the 2007 American Planning Association Conference, the Community Design Collaborative, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Inquirer/University of Pennsylvania's "Great Expectations: Citizen Voices on Philadelphia's Future."
For more information, visit www.designadvocacy.org
Urban Professional Forum
(April 9, 7 pm - 8:30 pm, The National Constitution Center's Kirby Auditorium)
The Urban League's "Urban Professionals: Philly Under 40" candidates forum will be hosted by Sheinelle Jones, FOX TV 29 and Colby Colb, Radio-One 100.3 The Beat. RSVP: ulyp@urbanleaguephila.org; the event is free but parking is $7 Open to public.
Phila. Forward April Tax Reform Meetup - Meet The Next Mayor
(April 9, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, 2229 Grays Ferry Ave)
Candidate Chaka Fattah will discuss tax reform at Grace Tavern. RSVP: brett@philadelphiaforward.org. For more information, visit: http://www.philadelphiaforward.org/content/view/191/37/
NOTE: Monday, the Philebrity/The Next Mayor New Rules voter registration drive will be at the Clothespin statue near City Hall from noon to 2 p.m.
TUESDAY
Candidate Forum: Philadelphia Bar Association
(April 10, 11:45 am - 1:45 pm, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, 10th Floor)
Jane L. Dalton, Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, will host a mayoral candidates forum to discuss key issues that are important to the residents of Philadelphia and our membership. The program will be moderated by Joseph C. Vignola, co-chair of the Association’s Legislative Liaison Committee.
Co-sponsored by Philadelphia Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section; Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division; Barristers Association of Philadelphia; Asian American Bar Association of the Delaware Valley; Hispanic Bar Association; South Asian Bar Association; National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division.
Please note that because space is limited, you must register in advance for this event.
Poverty & Prosperity in 21st Century Philadelphia: An Interactive Agenda-Building Exercise
(April 10, 3 pm – 6 pm, The Enterprise Center, 4548 Market St.)
The final event of this series brings together national and local experts to discuss the state of poverty alleviation and wealth creation in the United States today. After a presentation on New York City’s plan for Increasing Economic Opportunity and Reducing Poverty, a panel of leading professionals will discuss what Philadelphia can learn from New York’s initiative. For the second half of this event, in small break-out discussions, all participants will help build a “citizens’ agenda” for Philadelphia’s next mayor.
Panelists include Willie Baptist, Founder, University of the Poor; Gloria Guard, Executive Director, People’s Emergency Center; Michael Katz, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania; Sharmain Matlock-Turner, Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition; Veronica White, Executive Director, New York City Commission on Economic Opportunity. Moderated by Chris Satullo, Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP required: 215-898-7799
Hosts: URBS 210, The City; URBS 420, Perspectives on Urban Poverty; Co-sponsors: Great Expectations Project of the Inquirer and Penn (http://www.greatexpectations07.com); Penn PRAXIS (www.design.upenn.edu/pennpraxis)
7th District Candidates Forum
(April 10, 6 pm – 8 pm, Al Aqsa Islamic Society 1502 Germantown Avenue)
All the candidates have confirmed their attendance at a forum that will focus on issues of equitable community development. Sponsored by: Eastern North Philadelphia Coalition, Congreso de Latinos Unidos and the Kensington South NAC
Please contact Jill @ 215-627-5550 x 218 if you have any questions.
Plan Philly: Delaware River outreach meeting
(April 10, 7 pm – 9 pm, Johnny Brenda's 1201 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA)
New Kensington Community Development Corporation Delaware riverfront outreach session.
Philadelphia Jails Mayoral candidates & voting rights forum
(April 10, 7 pm – 9 pm, Riverside Correctional Facility 8151 State Road)
Mayoral Candidates and Voting Rights Forum at the Women's Jail, moderated by Elmer Smith, Philadelphia Daily News columnist. Co-Sponsored by: Human Rights Coalition of Philadelphia, Philadelphia NAACP, X-Offenders for Community Empowerment and Advancement Project
Supported by: ACLU of Pennsylvania, Centro Pedro Claver, Philadelphia Hip Hop Organizing Committee, Pennsylvania Prison Society & Reconstruction; hosted by: Philadelphia Prison System.
NOTE: Tuesday, the Philebrity/The Next Mayor New Rules voter registration drive will be at U Penn from noon to 2 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Shame of a City DVD release party and screening
(April 11, 7 p.m., the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch Street)
Free screening of Tigre Hill’s movie about the 2003 election, with a question-and-answer session to follow.
NOTE: Wednesday, the Philebrity/The Next Mayor New Rules voter registration drive will be at the Trocadero Theatre from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the Shame of a City screening .
THURSDAY
Avenue of the Arts, Inc. Mayoral Candidate Forum
(April 12, 4 pm – 6 pm, 118 North Broad Street)
You are cordially invited to meet the 2007 mayoral candidates! Invited Mayoral Candidates: Bob Brady, Dwight Evans, Chaka Fattah, Tom Knox, and Michael Nutter. Moderated by: Ann Weaver Hart, President, Temple University and Zack Stalberg, President and CEO, Committee of Seventy.
Event taking place at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts historic landmark building. Please RSVP by phone: 215-731-9668 or e-mail cubullock@avenueofthearts.org
Logan Square Neighborhood Assoc. Forum on Quality of Life and the Environment for Democratic City Council At-Large Candidates
(April 12, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Academy of Natural Sciences 19th and the Parkway)
The Logan Square Neighborhood Association presents: Forum on Quality of Life and the Environment for Democratic City Council At-Large Candidates. Moderated by Signe Wilkinson, Editorial Cartoonist for the Daily News. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP Required by April 9th to april12forum@gmail.com
Philadelphia Forward's Second Annual Forward Thinker Awards - You CAN Fight City Hall
(April 12, 6:30 pm - 9:30pm,1314 N. Broad Street)
Come to The Legendary Blue Horizon for the Second-Annual Forward Thinker Awards to those who have fought City Hall -- and WON. Honorees will participate in a panel discussion on how to move Philadelphia forward moderated by Daily News reporter Elmer Smith. Reception will follow. For more information, go to: http://www.philadelphiaforward.org/content/view/201/37/
Fairmount Civic Association Candidates' Night
(April 12, 7 pm – 9 pm, Mennonite High School, 860 North 24th Street)
The Fairmount Civic Association will be hosting a Candidates' Night. The event is free and open to the public. All mayoral candidates and candidates for the fifth District Council seat have been invited to attend the event.
Great Expectations & Cross City Campaign for School Reform Candidate Forum
(April 12, 7 pm – 9 pm, Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad)
The mayoral candidates forum on education issues, co-sponsored by Great Expectations and the Cross City Campaign and using questions developed at the April 5 event, will be held at Rodeph Shalom Synagogue, 615 N. Broad St., from 7 to 9 p.m.
You do not have to register to attend. Free, secure parking will be available for G.E. participants at The Inquirer’s garage at 15th and Callowhill. That is a brisk but doable walk to the synagogue, which is also quite near the Spring Garden stop of the Broad Street subway.
NOTE: Thursday, the Philebrity/The Next Mayor New Rules voter registration drive will be at Temple University from noon to 2 p.m.
FRIDAY
The 2007 Future Leaders’ Mayoral Forum
(April 13, 1 pm – 3 pm, National Constitution Center 525 Arch Street)
The Philadelphia Children's Commission has partnered up with several other organizations in an effort to bring together a group of youth from across the city and help them flesh out their concerns and their proposed solutions. They will then present these ideas, and their questions, to the Mayoral Candidates at the Mayoral Youth Forum. More information here: http://www.philadelphiachildren.org/research_resources/Mayoral_Forum.php.
NOTE: Friday, the Philebrity/The Next Mayor New Rules voter registration drive will be at the Clothespin statue near City Hall from noon to 2 p.m.
SATURDAY
NOTE: Saturday, the Philebrity/The Next Mayor New Rules voter registration drive will be at the Popped! Show, 1021 N. Hancock, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.