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.
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.
And Jane Cogie, Chair of the Shawnee Group Sierra Club.
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/
The Green Party http://treesong.org/shawneegreenparty/index.html
The NAACP http://www.illinoisnaacp.org/carbondale/