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WSIU INFOCUS: Local Voter Forums Planned for Carbondale.

Five local non-profit groups are sponsoring two voter forums in Carbondale featuring candidates for Mayor and City Council.  The first forum is planned for Thursday February 28th, 2019 at 6:00PM at the Carbondale Civic Center.  This forum will feature candidates running for Carbondale City Council.

Candidates for Carbondale Mayor will be open for questions at a forum on Thursday March 7th, 2019 at the Carbondale Civic Center.  This forum will also begin at 6:00PM.<--break->

On this edition of WSIU INFOCUS, we visit with Ginger Rye, Founder of the group Women For Change.  To learn more about this group visit:  https://www.womenforchangecarbondale.org/

We will also hear from Local Business owner and current member of the Jackson County Board  Tamiko Mueller.

<--break->And Jane Cogie, Chair of the Shawnee Group Sierra Club.

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These forums are also sponsored by the following community non-profits:

Shawnee Group/Sierra Club  https://www.sierraclub.org/illinois/shawnee

Community Solar Working Group  https://www.facebook.com/carbondalecommunitysolar/

<--break->The Green Party  http://treesong.org/shawneegreenparty/index.html

The NAACP  http://www.illinoisnaacp.org/carbondale/

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