The Next Mayor Project Hosts Candidate Forum and Town Hall Meeting at WHYY Technology Center Sunday, May 6

The five leading Democratic challengers for the Philadelphia mayoral seat will take part in a live Candidate Forum hosted by The Next Mayor project, Sunday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m. The forum will take place before a live audience at the WHYY Technology Center (150 N. Sixth Street) and will be broadcast on WHYY TV12, 91FM, online at www.TheNextMayor.com and www.whyy.org, on WHYY's digital channels, and made available via Comcast On Demand. The discussion will be moderated by Marty Moss-Coane, host of WHYY 91FM's Radio Times. Questions posed to the candidates will be selected from questions submitted by the audience, which will be comprised of members of The Next Mayor project's Community Network, and invited guests.

Following the Candidate Forum, WHYY will turn the cameras around for a live town hall meeting with the forum audience. Hosted by WHYY's Tracy Matisak and Nancy Karibjanian, the community forum will give Community Network members the opportunity to comment on and address issues that may not be addressed during the forum.

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The Next Mayor project is a collaborative initiative of WHYY, the Philadelphia Daily News, and The Committee of Seventy - Philadelphia's renowned political watchdog organization. The Next Mayor has been following the election since December 2005. Elements of the project appear online at TheNextMayor.com, as well as WHYY TV12, 91FM, WHYY's digital television channels, and in the Daily News. The project is funded in part by a grant from the William Penn Foundation. To learn more about The Next Mayor project, visit www.thenextmayor.com. WHYY is also working with the Philadelphia Inquirer's Great Expectations project for this event. Charitable support for the production of the forum and town hall meeting was provided by the Thomas Skelton Harrison Foundation.

The Next Mayor Community Network is a unique partnership of more than three dozen community groups who contribute their knowledge, passion, and expertise for the issues they represent to the rest of the electorate through The Next Mayor project.