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Political Awareness & Involvement

Educational Forums

The Political Awareness In addition to the mayoral forum,
and Involvement Committee forums were held for each city
recently held a series of can- council district except for district
didate forums. Through its 9 due to no opposition against
Rollin to the Polls Voting Ini- the incumbent.
tiative, candidates running

for mayor and city council
"I just came to see if I could
were invited to speak to citi-
make some sense of who to vote
zens on their vision for for and what their platforms are,
Montgomery if elected. Can-
what they believe in and how
didates seeking high profile they can better serve our com-
offices in Montgomery
munity in this critical time," said
shared their platforms with
once voter in the evaluation.
nearly 500 voters at the For-
titude Foundation Build-
"I just wanted to get to know the people that are
ing. Those running for mayor and city council took
running for the positions, the offices and get to
center stage.
know why they're running, what they plan on doing

for Montgomery," said another attendee.
The first forum, held on July 25, 2019, featured

nine of the twelve candidates running for mayor. These were held in preparation for the municipal
With over 200 attendees in attendance, each candi-
election held on August 27, 2019. Members are en-
date had the opportunity to answer questions per- couraged to join the chapter’s Rollin to the Polls ini-
taining to pertinent issues in Montgomery such as
tiative to educate and engage the citizens of our ser-
crime, education, and local infrastructure. They
vice area. With approximately 30 percent of regis-
were each given an opportunity to offer their tered voters participating in the August 27, 2019
platform to the public, answer questions from the
election, it is evident that our efforts are needed to
audience, and offer their qualifications.
make a difference.

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