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DC Public Education Candidate Forum

  • Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church 3000 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast Washington, DC, 20020 United States (map)

This year there are big elections coming up in DC. Everything from Mayor to Council Chair, Delegate to Congress and many council seats are up for grabs and it's a real tipping point moment. Join the candidate forum along with EmpowerEd, C4DC, and the Ward 7 Education Council on Thursday March 5th! They have invited leading contenders for Mayor, Council Chair and Delegate to Congress to attend.

Be there in the audience to learn about the candidates, ask a question, and support public education.

The schedule for the forum is:

6 pm- Mayoral Forum

7 pm- Delegate to Congress Forum

7:45 pm- Council Chair Forum

So far Janeese Lewis-George and Gary Goodweather have confirmed to attend the mayoral forum. Kenyan McDuffie has declines and Vincent Orange is pending. For Council Chair both Phil Mendelson and Jack Evans have confirmed. For Delegate to Congress Robert White and Kinney Zalesne have confirmed and Brooke Pinto declined due to a conflict.

Please RSVP here, if you will attend in person. For those who can't attend the forum in person, you can watch the YouTube stream here and submit questions in the chat. For those driving, there is plenty of parking available in their lot.

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