Chicago Mayoral Candidates Forum To Be Held At UIC

CHICAGO — A forum that features Chicago mayoral candidates will be held on the city's West Side this Saturday, Jan. 12. The event will be held at the UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Road, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The forum will be hosted by One Chicago for All Alliance, a group of 30 community-based organizations and workforce development agencies representing 26 neighborhoods in the city.

"This forum will provide an opportunity for mayoral candidates to share their plans for supporting Chicago’s low-moderate income communities that have been largely left out of the economic growth occurring elsewhere," the One Chicago for All Alliance said in a statement.

Candidates will be asked to offer their vision for the neighborhoods. They will be encouraged to share concrete plans to increase neighborhood access to job opportunities, accessible capital, stable and affordable housing, quality and equitably-funded education, support for immigrants and reformed policing, organizers said.

More than 1,000 community members are expected to attend the forum.

Forum participants will be asked to briefly answer four questions during the event. They will also have the opportunity to make a brief concluding statement.

Veteran Chicago journalist Laura Washington will moderate the forum.

Among those expected to attend are:

• Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
• Gery Chico, former Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education
• Bill Daley, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Amara Enyia, municipal consultant and Austin Chamber of Commerce Director
• Lori Lightfoot, former President of the Chicago Police Board
• Garry McCarthy, former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
• Susana Mendoza, Illinois Comptroller
• Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners
• Paul Vallas, former CEO, Chicago Public Schools
• Willie Wilson, businessman

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