This provocative forum will bring together many of DC’s mayoral, Council chair and at-large candidates to debate and discuss public education issues in this important election year.

Date/Time/Location

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30pm – 8:30pm   The Charles Sumner School 1201 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20005

  About the Event

This provocative forum will bring together many of DC’s mayoral, Council chair and at-large candidates to debate and discuss public education issues in this important election year.

Confirmed Candidate Participants

Leo Alexander (mayoral) Suliamon Brown (mayoral) Ernest Johnson (mayoral) Kwame Brown (Council chair) Vincent Orange (Council chair) Ann Wilcox (Council chair) Michael Brown (at-large) Phil Mendelson (at-large) David Swartzman (at-large) Darryl Moch (at-large)

Organized by

The forum is organized by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region in conjunction with Communities for Education Organizing (CEO), a coalition of DC-based organizations working to improve public education in the District of Columbia. The coalition is comprised of progressive nonprofit organizations including DC Language Access           Coalition, DC VOICE, Empower DC, S.T.E.P. Up DC, and You

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