CCE and partners to host Mayoral and Congressional Candidate Forums

On April 28 and April 30 CCE and our partner organizations will be hosting Mayoral and Congressional Candidate Forums on The Future of Safety & Justice in D.C.  

This year, the District is preparing for the most significant turnover in elected leadership in this century: there will be a new Mayor, Delegate to the U.S. Congress, and at least three new members of the D.C. Council. There is much at stake, particularly related to our community’s legal and justice systems and public safety. Our educational public forums will give District residents the opportunity to hear candidates’ positions on and plans for safety and justice, including all aspects of our adult criminal and youth justice systems, as well as the courts, civil access to justice, administrative law, and other issues that intersect with D.C.’s legal system.

Members of the public can register now. When you sign up, you can also suggest questions you would like the moderators to ask the candidates.

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‍All of our Cosponsoring Organizations:

• ‍Bread for the City
• Children's Law Center
• Critical Exposure
• DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
• DC Bar’s DC Affairs Steering Committee
• DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers
• DC Fiscal Policy Institute
• DC Access to Justice Commission
• Festival Center
• Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
• Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• More Than Our Crimes
• Open City Advocates
• Peace For DC
• School Justice Project (SJP)
• Second Look Project
• Thrive Under 25 Coalition
• University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
• Washington Bar Association, Inc.
• Washington Council of Lawyers

Special thanks to The Morris  and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and the Diane and Norman Bernstein  Foundation for their generous support in making these nonpartisan,  educational community forums possible. 

Note:  The Council for Court Excellence does not make candidate endorsements. All of  the forum’s co-sponsors have agreed not to make endorsements until after the  forum or likewise do not make official endorsements.

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